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Drunk Lawyer Grossly Misrepresented Black Man Now on Death Row, Appeal Claims

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: June 20, 2022
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Drunk Lawyer Grossly Misrepresented Black Man Now on Death Row, Appeal Claims

By Amy Berberyan OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Based on evidence that his court-appointed trial lawyer was a ...

By Amy Berberyan OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Based on evidence that his court-appointed trial lawyer was addicted to drugs during his representation, Tremane Wood—a Black man on death row for a crime h ...

June 20, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Systemic Problem – Crime (U.S. Police Spend Nearly Double What Russia Spends on Its Military)

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|Date: June 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Systemic Problem – Crime (U.S. Police Spend Nearly Double What Russia Spends on Its Military)

By Mark Dempsey "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike sleeping under bridges, ...

By Mark Dempsey "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike sleeping under bridges, begging in the streets, and stealing their bread.” - Anatole France A recent opinion piece in t ...

June 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Liberating Truth about Juneteenth

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|Date: June 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Liberating Truth about Juneteenth

As we celebrate Juneteenth, let’s remember exactly what we are celebrating, and why. By Yasmin Cader When ...

As we celebrate Juneteenth, let’s remember exactly what we are celebrating, and why. By Yasmin Cader When my first born started kindergarten, I learned American enslavement was on the curriculum that ...

June 19, 2022
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Looking Back: United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor – Part 1

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|Date: June 19, 2022
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Looking Back: United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor – Part 1

Jeffrey Deskovic Speaking in Davis in 2019 at the Annual Vanguard Event by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking ba ...

Jeffrey Deskovic Speaking in Davis in 2019 at the Annual Vanguard Event by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westc ...

June 19, 2022
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Oakland Police Pocket Disaster Relief Funds, Charges Social Justice Group

Posted by Shady Gonzales
|Date: June 19, 2022
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Oakland Police Pocket Disaster Relief Funds, Charges Social Justice Group

By Shady Gonzales OAKLAND, CA – The Oakland Police Dept.—according to the Anti Police-Terror Project—has ...

By Shady Gonzales OAKLAND, CA – The Oakland Police Dept.—according to the Anti Police-Terror Project—has been given more than $87 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds that were supposed to ...

June 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Why Black Fathers Are Misunderstood

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|Date: June 18, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Why Black Fathers Are Misunderstood

Preparing to be a father from prison By Abdur Rahman Malik There are so many misconceptions about Black f ...

Preparing to be a father from prison By Abdur Rahman Malik There are so many misconceptions about Black fathers. How often has the mother of a child spilled myths about the Black father willfully aban ...

June 18, 2022
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Captive Labor: Stories of Involuntary Servitude

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|Date: June 18, 2022
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Captive Labor: Stories of Involuntary Servitude

The Constitution should prohibit all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude — including forced labor ...

The Constitution should prohibit all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude — including forced labor in prisons. From the ACLU It has been 157 years since the 13th Amendment abolished slavery, yet ...

June 18, 2022
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LA District Attorney Announces He’ll Seek 40 Years to Life for Alleged Attempted Murder of CHP Officer

Posted by Cheyenne Galloway
|Date: June 18, 2022
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LA District Attorney Announces He’ll Seek 40 Years to Life for Alleged Attempted Murder of CHP Officer

By Cheyenne Galloway LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said this week he is seeki ...

By Cheyenne Galloway LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said this week he is seeking a 40 years to life sentence for a person now being held for the attempted murder June 13 of ...

June 18, 2022
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ACLU Lawsuit Leads to End of City’s Discriminatory Rental Ordinance that Targeted Somali, People of Color

Posted by Aryal Aglugub
|Date: June 17, 2022
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ACLU Lawsuit Leads to End of City’s Discriminatory Rental Ordinance that Targeted Somali, People of Color

By Aryal Aglugub FARIBAULT, MN - The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota reached a settlement rec ...

By Aryal Aglugub FARIBAULT, MN - The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota reached a settlement recently with the city of Faribault, which they accused of discriminatory and unconstitutional hou ...

June 17, 2022
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Innocence Project’s Senior Legal Counsel Appointed U.S. District Judge for Eastern District of New York

Posted by Nora Dahl
|Date: June 17, 2022
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Innocence Project’s Senior Legal Counsel Appointed U.S. District Judge for Eastern District of New York

By Nora Dahl NEW YORK, NY - Nina Morrison, the Innocence Project's senior litigation counsel, was appoint ...

By Nora Dahl NEW YORK, NY - Nina Morrison, the Innocence Project's senior litigation counsel, was appointed as U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York by the U.S. Senate this week. “N ...

June 17, 2022
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Public Defender Files Motion to Recuse Judge and DA in Orange County Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2022
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Public Defender Files Motion to Recuse Judge and DA in Orange County Case

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA – Back in November 2020, David Valladares filed a mo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA – Back in November 2020, David Valladares filed a motion seeking resentencing via PC section 1170.95. The DA’s office in Orange County agreed that ...

June 16, 2022
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Republican Legislator in Oklahoma Proclaims Glossip to Be an Innocent Man on Death Row, Following Investigative Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2022
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Republican Legislator in Oklahoma Proclaims Glossip to Be an Innocent Man on Death Row, Following Investigative Report

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oklahoma City, OK – If there was any doubt that Richard Glossip wa ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oklahoma City, OK – If there was any doubt that Richard Glossip was wrongly convicted and sentenced to die in Oklahoma, the report released on Wednesday and the ...

June 16, 2022
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After DA Boudin Recall, SF Public Defender Pledges Commitment to ‘Advocating for System-Impacted Community Members’

Posted by Jaanvi Kaur
|Date: June 16, 2022
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After DA Boudin Recall, SF Public Defender Pledges Commitment to ‘Advocating for System-Impacted Community Members’

By Jaanvi Kaur SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Post the successful recall last week of San Francisco District Attorne ...

By Jaanvi Kaur SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Post the successful recall last week of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, SF Public Defender Mano Raju, according to a series of tweets, pledged the PD O ...

June 16, 2022
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Commentary: Even for Left-Leaning Publications, the Answer Is Still Carceral and That’s Disturbing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2022
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Commentary: Even for Left-Leaning Publications, the Answer Is Still Carceral and That’s Disturbing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In general, there have been a lot of bad takes by the media in the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In general, there have been a lot of bad takes by the media in the wake of what appears to be the ouster of San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin. As one writer put it, ...

June 15, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to th ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty, hosted a webinar on Tuesday featuring a discussion on the dea ...

June 15, 2022
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Attorney for Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Claims True Killer Fingered Client to Escape Justice

Posted by Mihajla Milovanovic
|Date: June 15, 2022
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Attorney for Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Claims True Killer Fingered Client to Escape Justice

By Mihajla Milovanovic TULSA, OK –A man named Richard Glossip has been on death row for 23 years for the ...

By Mihajla Milovanovic TULSA, OK –A man named Richard Glossip has been on death row for 23 years for the murder of his boss, but his attorney claims while Glossip has been in prison and scheduled for ...

June 15, 2022
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Philly DAO Criticizes PA GOP ‘Anti-Democratic Efforts,’ Noting the ‘Coup Continues’

Posted by Aryal Aglugub
|Date: June 15, 2022
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Philly DAO Criticizes PA GOP ‘Anti-Democratic Efforts,’ Noting the ‘Coup Continues’

By Aryal Aglugub PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia District Attorney Office released a statement Tuesda ...

By Aryal Aglugub PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia District Attorney Office released a statement Tuesday, commenting on Pennsylvania Republicans’ continuous attempts to turn the elections they canno ...

June 15, 2022
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Report Debunks Myth of Youth-Led Crime Wave

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 14, 2022
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Report Debunks Myth of Youth-Led Crime Wave

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC – It seems that reports of a youth-led crime wave a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC – It seems that reports of a youth-led crime wave are premature. Since the start of the pandemic, there has been a flurry of alarming news covera ...

June 14, 2022
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Judge Allows Federal Lawsuit to Continue – Suit Charges ‘Violent’ Sacramento Police Violate Rights of Racial Justice Protestors, Protect ‘White Supremacists’

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|Date: June 14, 2022
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Judge Allows Federal Lawsuit to Continue – Suit Charges ‘Violent’ Sacramento Police Violate Rights of Racial Justice Protestors, Protect ‘White Supremacists’

By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – A 74-page federal lawsuit seeking to e ...

By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – A 74-page federal lawsuit seeking to end Sacramento police violence against peaceful demonstrators opposing the brutal tactics of pol ...

June 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Can Progressive DAs Beat the ‘Tough on Crime’ Backlash?

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|Date: June 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Can Progressive DAs Beat the ‘Tough on Crime’ Backlash?

By Miriam Krinsky Those rushing to proclaim the vote to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boud ...

By Miriam Krinsky Those rushing to proclaim the vote to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin last week as a stake in the heart of criminal justice reform would have you ignore the choic ...

June 14, 2022
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