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SF DA Shuts Down Innocence Commission Among Other Purges

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|Date: July 17, 2022
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SF DA Shuts Down Innocence Commission Among Other Purges

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was just in April when now former DA Chesa ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was just in April when now former DA Chesa Boudin announced that Joaquin Ciria had been exonerated 32 years after being wrongly convicted ...

July 17, 2022
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Looking Back: Critique of Innocence Project Report on Exoneree Compensation, ‘Making Up for Lost Time’

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|Date: July 17, 2022
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Looking Back: Critique of Innocence Project Report on Exoneree Compensation, ‘Making Up for Lost Time’

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

July 17, 2022
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Drug-Induced Homicide Laws Not Working Claims ‘Fair and Just Prosecution’ Paper

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 17, 2022
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Drug-Induced Homicide Laws Not Working Claims ‘Fair and Just Prosecution’ Paper

By Tori Gacutan LOS ANGELES, CA - Since the late 1900’s, there has been a movement in the prosecutorial w ...

By Tori Gacutan LOS ANGELES, CA - Since the late 1900’s, there has been a movement in the prosecutorial world to use harm reduction plans, Drug-Induced Homicide (DIH) charges, to produce harsher penal ...

July 17, 2022
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Appeals Court Supports Appeal of Man’s First Amendment Claim in Filming Police Case

Posted by Mihajla Milovanovic
|Date: July 17, 2022
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Appeals Court Supports Appeal of Man’s First Amendment Claim in Filming Police Case

By Leila Katibah and Mihajla Milovanovic LAKEWOOD, CO – Last week, YouTube blogger and journalist Abade I ...

By Leila Katibah and Mihajla Milovanovic LAKEWOOD, CO – Last week, YouTube blogger and journalist Abade Irizarry’s appeal was heard in the U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, after the district cour ...

July 17, 2022
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Private Judging: Outrageous Fees, Case Delays and Threats to Police

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|Date: July 16, 2022
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Private Judging: Outrageous Fees, Case Delays and Threats to Police

Part One: California’s Private Judges, a Rolling Investigation By Susan Bassi Most people in California a ...

Part One: California’s Private Judges, a Rolling Investigation By Susan Bassi Most people in California are unaware that, over 25 years ago, California began privatizing the public court system by aut ...

July 16, 2022
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Seven Awarded by Restorative Justice International

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|Date: July 16, 2022
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Seven Awarded by Restorative Justice International

Restorative Justice International (RJI) presents the RJI Award for Excellence in Restorative Justice for ...

Restorative Justice International (RJI) presents the RJI Award for Excellence in Restorative Justice for 2022. The following are categories of service in the field of restorative justice identified by ...

July 16, 2022
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Survey Reveals Whites Believe They Are Victims of Discrimination More Than People of Color

Posted by Michele Chadwick
|Date: July 16, 2022
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Survey Reveals Whites Believe They Are Victims of Discrimination More Than People of Color

By Michele Chadwick COLLEGE PARK, MD – White people see an increase in discrimination against other white ...

By Michele Chadwick COLLEGE PARK, MD – White people see an increase in discrimination against other white people more than they see discrimination against other races, according to a University of Mar ...

July 16, 2022
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CA Attorney General Releases Report on State Pandemic at ICE Immigration Facilities

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|Date: July 16, 2022
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CA Attorney General Releases Report on State Pandemic at ICE Immigration Facilities

By Jeanine Grimes OAKLAND, CA - California Attorney General Bonta announced this week the California Depa ...

By Jeanine Grimes OAKLAND, CA - California Attorney General Bonta announced this week the California Department of Justice’s (DOJ) report on immigration detention facilities, focusing on the pandemic ...

July 16, 2022
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Suddenly the LA Recall of Gascón Has Some Doubt – Sampling of Signatures Failed to Make the Threshold

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2022
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Suddenly the LA Recall of Gascón Has Some Doubt – Sampling of Signatures Failed to Make the Threshold

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – It was a simple announcement by the Los Angeles ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – It was a simple announcement by the Los Angeles County Clerk-Recorder, Dean Logan, who announced on Thursday that the random sampling of signat ...

July 15, 2022
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Letter: Honoring and Valuing Our Immigrant Community

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|Date: July 15, 2022
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Letter: Honoring and Valuing Our Immigrant Community

(Editor's note: the following is an open letter from approximately 20 rights groups to newly appointed DA ...

(Editor's note: the following is an open letter from approximately 20 rights groups to newly appointed DA Brooke Jenkins in San Francisco). Dear Interim District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, On behalf of ...

July 15, 2022
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LA District Attorney Gascón Announces Challenge to Court Ruling Mandating 3 Strikes Charges

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|Date: July 15, 2022
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LA District Attorney Gascón Announces Challenge to Court Ruling Mandating 3 Strikes Charges

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, in a public statemen ...

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, in a public statement Thursday, said he would be appealing what his office called a “dangerous precedent” by the CA ...

July 15, 2022
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AG Selects New Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons – Prosecutors Don’t Oppose the Pick

Posted by Michele Chadwick
|Date: July 15, 2022
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AG Selects New Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons – Prosecutors Don’t Oppose the Pick

By Michele Chadwick WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced this week he ...

By Michele Chadwick WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced this week he had selected Colette S. Peters to serve as Director of the embattled Federal Bureau of Prisons ...

July 15, 2022
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ACLU Files Lawsuit against ICE for the Withholding of Requested Documents about Deaths

Posted by Veronica Miller
|Date: July 15, 2022
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ACLU Files Lawsuit against ICE for the Withholding of Requested Documents about Deaths

By Veronica Miller LOS ANGELES, CA- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California and ...

By Veronica Miller LOS ANGELES, CA- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California and How Law filed a public lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week, see ...

July 15, 2022
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Commentary: Data Transparency Forces Yolo DA’s Office to Acknowledge What We Have Known All Along about Racial Disparities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2022
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Commentary: Data Transparency Forces Yolo DA’s Office to Acknowledge What We Have Known All Along about Racial Disparities

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – One of the biggest issues facing the Yolo County DA ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – One of the biggest issues facing the Yolo County DA is one of racial disparities. And while I remain skeptical of the Yolo County DA’s push for d ...

July 14, 2022
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Commission on Judicial Performance Narrows in on OC Judge Murray, Calling His Testimony Deceptive and Lacking in Candor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2022
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Commission on Judicial Performance Narrows in on OC Judge Murray, Calling His Testimony Deceptive and Lacking in Candor

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA - In January the Vanguard reported on Judge Michael ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA - In January the Vanguard reported on Judge Michael Murray’s conduct in which he is alleged to have committed prosecutorial misconduct in failing t ...

July 14, 2022
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Asks Voters for Power to Remove Sheriff from Office.

Posted by Veronica Miller
|Date: July 14, 2022
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Asks Voters for Power to Remove Sheriff from Office.

By Veronica Miller LOS ANGELES, CA- The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is asking voters for the ...

By Veronica Miller LOS ANGELES, CA- The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is asking voters for the power to be able to remove the elected Sheriff, Alex Villanueva, from office. Through a change ...

July 14, 2022
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LGBTQ Man Facing ICE Deportation, Fiji Persecution Should be Pardoned by Gov, SF Supes Resolve

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|Date: July 14, 2022
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LGBTQ Man Facing ICE Deportation, Fiji Persecution Should be Pardoned by Gov, SF Supes Resolve

The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – An LGBTQ man who faces deportation by ICE to Fiji where he faces d ...

The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – An LGBTQ man who faces deportation by ICE to Fiji where he faces discrimination and persecution as a queer man should be pardoned by Gov. Gavin Newsom, said the ...

July 14, 2022
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Advocacy Groups Blast Surveillance Proposal as Jenkins Holds a Talk in the Tenderloin

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2022
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Advocacy Groups Blast Surveillance Proposal as Jenkins Holds a Talk in the Tenderloin

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – This week newly appointed DA Brooke Jenkins ju ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – This week newly appointed DA Brooke Jenkins jumped onboard a brewing fight over surveillance cameras. Already, a coalition of community and ...

July 13, 2022
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DA Raven Discusses Racial Disparities in Yolo County

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: July 13, 2022
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DA Raven Discusses Racial Disparities in Yolo County

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Racial Disparity was the subject of this month’s Commons Town Hall whic ...

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Racial Disparity was the subject of this month’s Commons Town Hall which was hosted by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office in partnership with Measures for Jus ...

July 13, 2022
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CA Continues to Spend Taxpayer $$ on ‘Cages’ in New Budget, State Prison Critic Charges

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|Date: July 13, 2022
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CA Continues to Spend Taxpayer $$ on ‘Cages’ in New Budget, State Prison Critic Charges

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA –– California is “still prioritizing punishment driven systems as an ...

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA –– California is “still prioritizing punishment driven systems as an answer to public safety with an overall Corrections budget of $18 billion,” charged critics of ...

July 13, 2022
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