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How Traffic Enforcement Is Being Reimagined in the US

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|Date: January 31, 2022
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How Traffic Enforcement Is Being Reimagined in the US

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - Last year Philadelphia passed the Driving Equity Act, becoming the f ...

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - Last year Philadelphia passed the Driving Equity Act, becoming the first major city in the U.S. to ban low-level traffic stops. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announ ...

January 31, 2022
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Los Angeles District Attorney Addresses Union Pacific Railroad Train Theft and Safety Concerns

Posted by Mairead Perez
|Date: January 31, 2022
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Los Angeles District Attorney Addresses Union Pacific Railroad Train Theft and Safety Concerns

By Hannah Adams and Mai Perez LOS ANGELES, CA – In a letter last week addressed to Adrain Guerrero, the G ...

By Hannah Adams and Mai Perez LOS ANGELES, CA – In a letter last week addressed to Adrain Guerrero, the General Director of Public Affairs for the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), Los Angeles Coun ...

January 31, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Boudin’s Critics Dramatically Overreach with Lawsuit

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|Date: January 30, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Boudin’s Critics Dramatically Overreach with Lawsuit

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The critics of San Francisco Chesa Boudin prob ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The critics of San Francisco Chesa Boudin probably thought they had him in another embarrassing situation—a 69-year-old Asian man, brutally b ...

January 30, 2022
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Looking Back: Innocence Commissions Needed to Correct Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: January 30, 2022
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Looking Back: Innocence Commissions Needed to Correct Wrongful Convictions

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 ...

January 30, 2022
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US Appeals Court Overturns Iowa Mask Ban for State’s Schools

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|Date: January 30, 2022
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US Appeals Court Overturns Iowa Mask Ban for State’s Schools

By Mathew Seibert DES MOINES, IA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled last week that, ...

By Mathew Seibert DES MOINES, IA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled last week that, for the safety of students with disabilities, school mask mandate bans are discriminatory and ...

January 30, 2022
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Tevarez Lopez, One of the ‘Tahoe 5’ Who Prosecutors Knew Was Not There, Convicted of Murder, Prepares to Appeal

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|Date: January 29, 2022
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Tevarez Lopez, One of the ‘Tahoe 5’ Who Prosecutors Knew Was Not There, Convicted of Murder, Prepares to Appeal

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - On November 30, 2021, Tevarez Richard Lopez was found guilty of murd ...

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - On November 30, 2021, Tevarez Richard Lopez was found guilty of murdering Dennis "Spike" Wright, Jr., by an all-white jury of six men and six women, and now faces ...

January 29, 2022
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Report Suggests Restorative Justice for Smaller Jurisdictions, and in Bay Area, May Work

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|Date: January 29, 2022
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Report Suggests Restorative Justice for Smaller Jurisdictions, and in Bay Area, May Work

By Isabel Garbarino and Hannah Adams NEW YORK, NY – Prosecutors worldwide are consider restorative justic ...

By Isabel Garbarino and Hannah Adams NEW YORK, NY – Prosecutors worldwide are consider restorative justice as a better method to utilize versus traditional prosecution, according to the John Jay Insti ...

January 29, 2022
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BRENNAN CENTER REPORT: Biden Admin Has Room for Improvement in Criminal Justice Reform After First Year

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|Date: January 29, 2022
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BRENNAN CENTER REPORT: Biden Admin Has Room for Improvement in Criminal Justice Reform After First Year

By Ava Schwartzapfel and Isabelle Brady NEW YORK, NY – The Brennan Center released a report this past wee ...

By Ava Schwartzapfel and Isabelle Brady NEW YORK, NY – The Brennan Center released a report this past week in which it evaluated the Biden Administration thus far and how well it has stuck to its stat ...

January 29, 2022
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Consent Decree Pending in Federal Action Regarding Mental Health Care at Santa Rita Jail After Judge Listens To Objections of Many Incarcerated at Jail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2022
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Consent Decree Pending in Federal Action Regarding Mental Health Care at Santa Rita Jail After Judge Listens To Objections of Many Incarcerated at Jail

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - United States Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins pat ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - United States Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins patiently waded through over five hours of comments from class members currently incarcerated at S ...

January 28, 2022
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Boudin’s Office Responds To What It Calls False Claims in Recently Filed Lawsuit

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2022
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Boudin’s Office Responds To What It Calls False Claims in Recently Filed Lawsuit

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Can a district attorney be sued for agreeing t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Can a district attorney be sued for agreeing to a “slap on the wrist” plea agreement? Most experts think not, but a Vietnamese American man, ...

January 28, 2022
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‘Groundbreaking’ Settlement in ICE Immigrant Case – Government, Contractor Must Provide COVID-19 Protections in CA Detention Facilities, Limit Re-Detention

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|Date: January 28, 2022
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‘Groundbreaking’ Settlement in ICE Immigrant Case – Government, Contractor Must Provide COVID-19 Protections in CA Detention Facilities, Limit Re-Detention

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA — In what lawyers representing immigrants detained by ICE in two ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA — In what lawyers representing immigrants detained by ICE in two California facilities during the COVID-19 crisis are calling a “groundbreaking” settlement Thur ...

January 28, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Addressing Property Crimes in Santa Clara County

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|Date: January 28, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Addressing Property Crimes in Santa Clara County

By Sajid A. Khan Back in 2017, I left a speaking engagement at a local library and walked to my car, only ...

By Sajid A. Khan Back in 2017, I left a speaking engagement at a local library and walked to my car, only to find shattered glass strewn on the ground and throughout the backseat. My backpack and suit ...

January 28, 2022
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Commentary: Colorado – No State for Progressive Prosecutors

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|Date: January 28, 2022
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Commentary: Colorado – No State for Progressive Prosecutors

By Rory Fleming Back in 2017, I wrote a newsletter for The Appeal discussing debates over what makes a pr ...

By Rory Fleming Back in 2017, I wrote a newsletter for The Appeal discussing debates over what makes a prosecutor a “reformer” or a “progressive.” In retrospect, it was a bit naive. I put Cy Vance, th ...

January 28, 2022
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Guest Commentary: An Abomination in Alabama

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|Date: January 28, 2022
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Guest Commentary: An Abomination in Alabama

By Stephen Cooper (Editor’s note: Originally Published in 2018 by Church of England Magazine.) When, in O ...

By Stephen Cooper (Editor’s note: Originally Published in 2018 by Church of England Magazine.) When, in October 2016, I wrote “death row inmates in Alabama are human guinea pigs” because the state’s c ...

January 28, 2022
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Orange County DA Holds ‘No LA in OC’ Reelection Press Conference; Hardin Fires Back

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2022
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Orange County DA Holds ‘No LA in OC’ Reelection Press Conference; Hardin Fires Back

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – It was another day at the office in the Orange ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – It was another day at the office in the Orange County DA race. Incumbent DA Todd Spitzer held what he called a “No LA in OC” press conferenc ...

January 27, 2022
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Sacramento DA Candidates Address Their Position on Prop 47

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|Date: January 27, 2022
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Sacramento DA Candidates Address Their Position on Prop 47

Prop. 47 is a critical issue once again facing California. Passed in 2014 by the voters, it made non-vio ...

Prop. 47 is a critical issue once again facing California. Passed in 2014 by the voters, it made non-violent drug and property crimes misdemeanors. However, by raising the felony threshold from $450 ...

January 27, 2022
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Covid-19 on the Rise Again in California Prison System

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|Date: January 27, 2022
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Covid-19 on the Rise Again in California Prison System

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - Covid-19 is rising again inside the California Department of Correct ...

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - Covid-19 is rising again inside the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) system according to a statement from the department. The memoran ...

January 27, 2022
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Historic Lows on Death Row in Texas

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|Date: January 27, 2022
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Historic Lows on Death Row in Texas

By Katherine Coviello AUSTIN, TX - Texas' death row population and use of the death penalty was at a hist ...

By Katherine Coviello AUSTIN, TX - Texas' death row population and use of the death penalty was at a historic low in 2021 for reasons unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the T ...

January 27, 2022
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Court Reinstates TRO Preventing Earlier Release for Second-Strike Offenders

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 26, 2022
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Court Reinstates TRO Preventing Earlier Release for Second-Strike Offenders

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento Superior Court Judge Judith S. Craddick reinstated a Te ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento Superior Court Judge Judith S. Craddick reinstated a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against CDCR preventing them from awarding 66 percent custody c ...

January 26, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Omicron Spread Continues at San Quentin State Prison

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|Date: January 26, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Omicron Spread Continues at San Quentin State Prison

By Steve Brooks At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), a musical symphony of hoarse voices, hacking coughs and ...

By Steve Brooks At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), a musical symphony of hoarse voices, hacking coughs and the clearing of congested nasal passages is signaling another outbreak of COVID-19. The new Om ...

January 26, 2022
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