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Looking Back: The Foul Politics of Prosecution, After Sixteen Years Jabbar Collins Is Finally Freed

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|Date: January 22, 2023
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Looking Back: The Foul Politics of Prosecution, After Sixteen Years Jabbar Collins Is Finally Freed

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 22, 2023
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ACLU National Prison Project Urges U.S. Treasury to Investigate Misuse of American Rescue Plan Act Funds to Build and Expand Prisons

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|Date: January 22, 2023
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ACLU National Prison Project Urges U.S. Treasury to Investigate Misuse of American Rescue Plan Act Funds to Build and Expand Prisons

By Julie McCaffrey WASHINGTON, DC - A letter authored by ACLU’s National Prison Project advised Richard K ...

By Julie McCaffrey WASHINGTON, DC - A letter authored by ACLU’s National Prison Project advised Richard K. Delmar of the U.S. Treasury Department last week to investigate the misuse of millions of Ame ...

January 22, 2023
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More Than 100 New Anti-LGBTQ Legislative Measures Tracked by ACLU in 2023 – So Far; 278 Drafted in 2022

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|Date: January 22, 2023
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More Than 100 New Anti-LGBTQ Legislative Measures Tracked by ACLU in 2023 – So Far; 278 Drafted in 2022

By Jonathan Lewis WASHINGTON, DC – The ACLU reported late last week it is monitoring more than 100 anti-L ...

By Jonathan Lewis WASHINGTON, DC – The ACLU reported late last week it is monitoring more than 100 anti-LGBTQ legislative measures in state houses in nearly half of all U.S. states. “Politicians acros ...

January 22, 2023
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Senator Wiener Introduces Bill to Make Overturning Wrongful Convictions Easier

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|Date: January 22, 2023
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Senator Wiener Introduces Bill to Make Overturning Wrongful Convictions Easier

By Kaylee Pearlman and Daphne Ho SACRAMENTO, CA - Senate Bill 97—introduced last week by CA State Senator ...

By Kaylee Pearlman and Daphne Ho SACRAMENTO, CA - Senate Bill 97—introduced last week by CA State Senator Scott Wiener (D-SF)—would make the process easier for the wrongfully convicted to prove their ...

January 22, 2023
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Federal Judge Repudiates DeSantis Suspension of Andrew Warren, but Has No Remedy

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|Date: January 21, 2023
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Federal Judge Repudiates DeSantis Suspension of Andrew Warren, but Has No Remedy

https://youtu.be/bXQ1I2isF_8 By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Tampa, FL – It was a mixed ruling fro ...

https://youtu.be/bXQ1I2isF_8 By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Tampa, FL – It was a mixed ruling from the perspective of Andrew Warren. A federal judge repudiated the actions of Governor Ron DeS ...

January 21, 2023
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Guest Commentary: To Root Out Racism in the Criminal Legal System, We Can’t Fear Too Much Justice

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|Date: January 21, 2023
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Guest Commentary: To Root Out Racism in the Criminal Legal System, We Can’t Fear Too Much Justice

The landmark California Racial Justice Act is allowing our clients to challenge their death penalty prose ...

The landmark California Racial Justice Act is allowing our clients to challenge their death penalty prosecutions in Riverside County. By Robert Ponce Long before I joined the ACLU, I was just a skinny ...

January 21, 2023
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Commentary: Against the Injustice

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|Date: January 21, 2023
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Commentary: Against the Injustice

By David Bomber It is hard to pinpoint exactly how things went wrong. Perhaps it had something to do with ...

By David Bomber It is hard to pinpoint exactly how things went wrong. Perhaps it had something to do with the choices I made. Or maybe there were some contributing factors that ultimately led to the p ...

January 21, 2023
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Prosecutors Pledge to Visit Their Local Correctional Facilities in Broader Effort to Promote Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: January 21, 2023
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Prosecutors Pledge to Visit Their Local Correctional Facilities in Broader Effort to Promote Criminal Justice Reform

By Michael Apfel, Cynthia Hoang-Duong and Elina Sadeghian NEW YORK, NY - Sixty-six elected prosecutors n ...

By Michael Apfel, Cynthia Hoang-Duong and Elina Sadeghian NEW YORK, NY - Sixty-six elected prosecutors nationwide have now agreed to visit correctional facilities their offices have placed individual ...

January 21, 2023
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CA State Senator Dave Cortese Drafts Bill to Allow Judicial Review of Decades-Old Sentences

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|Date: January 21, 2023
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CA State Senator Dave Cortese Drafts Bill to Allow Judicial Review of Decades-Old Sentences

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong SAN JOSE, CA – Bay Area State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) has announced he’s ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong SAN JOSE, CA – Bay Area State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) has announced he’s drafted SB 94, a progressive criminal justice reform bill to provide Californians who received ...

January 21, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Prosecutors Shouldn’t Follow Biden’s Harsh Immigration Lead

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|Date: January 20, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Prosecutors Shouldn’t Follow Biden’s Harsh Immigration Lead

By George Gascón and Miriam Aroni Krinsky In response to mounting pressure to address the influx of migra ...

By George Gascón and Miriam Aroni Krinsky In response to mounting pressure to address the influx of migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, President Biden introduced a slate of new harsh ...

January 20, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Harsher Penalties for Fentanyl Will Not Save Lives

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|Date: January 20, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Harsher Penalties for Fentanyl Will Not Save Lives

By Cristine Soto Deberry In 2021, there were 6,843 opioid related overdose deaths in California. 5,722 of ...

By Cristine Soto Deberry In 2021, there were 6,843 opioid related overdose deaths in California. 5,722 of these deaths were related to fentanyl. The deadly epidemic of fentanyl is gripping our communi ...

January 20, 2023
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Commentary: Pressured to Take an Unjust Sentence

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|Date: January 20, 2023
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Commentary: Pressured to Take an Unjust Sentence

By Carl Prostell My name is Carl Prostell. I’m 41 years of age from Newport News, VA. I am currently inca ...

By Carl Prostell My name is Carl Prostell. I’m 41 years of age from Newport News, VA. I am currently incarcerated at River North Correctional Center in Independence, VA, serving an active 30-year sent ...

January 20, 2023
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Partnership Launched to Eliminate Incarcerating ‘Girls,’ Gender-Expansive Youth

Posted by Michael McCutcheon
|Date: January 20, 2023
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Partnership Launched to Eliminate Incarcerating ‘Girls,’ Gender-Expansive Youth

By Michael McCutcheon & Sunny Zhou SACRAMENTO, CA - In 2021 alone, more than 1,400 girls and gender-e ...

By Michael McCutcheon & Sunny Zhou SACRAMENTO, CA - In 2021 alone, more than 1,400 girls and gender-expansive youth were either incarcerated or detained in California, according to information pro ...

January 20, 2023
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Columnist MLK Day Notes: BLM Founder Mourns Death of Cousin at the Hands of the LAPD

Posted by Alexis Rios-Jimenez
|Date: January 20, 2023
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Columnist MLK Day Notes: BLM Founder Mourns Death of Cousin at the Hands of the LAPD

By Alexis Rios-Jimenez LOS ANGELES, CA - A piece in the Los Angeles Times Monday - Martin Luther King Jr. ...

By Alexis Rios-Jimenez LOS ANGELES, CA - A piece in the Los Angeles Times Monday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - followed the public uproar of the death of Keenan Anderson, 31, and two other men killed ...

January 20, 2023
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Civil Rights PAC Endorses Progressive Incumbent District Attorney in Virginia

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|Date: January 20, 2023
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Civil Rights PAC Endorses Progressive Incumbent District Attorney in Virginia

By Caleigh Carlisle ARLINGTON, VA - Real Justice PAC has published an endorsement of Parisa Dehghani-Taft ...

By Caleigh Carlisle ARLINGTON, VA - Real Justice PAC has published an endorsement of Parisa Dehghani-Tafti for her re-election for Commonwealth’s Attorney of Arlington County and the city of Falls Chu ...

January 20, 2023
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Attorneys Challenge Riverside Death Penalty Case Under Racial Justice Act

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|Date: January 19, 2023
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Attorneys Challenge Riverside Death Penalty Case Under Racial Justice Act

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Riverside, CA – Attorneys for two Black men in Riverside County, M ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Riverside, CA – Attorneys for two Black men in Riverside County, Michael Mosby and Russell Austin, are using the newly-passed 2020 law, the California Racial Jus ...

January 19, 2023
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Charges Filed against SF Business Owner Who Sprayed Homeless Woman with Hose

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2023
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Charges Filed against SF Business Owner Who Sprayed Homeless Woman with Hose

https://youtu.be/M_Z2BsK5xqw By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a video th ...

https://youtu.be/M_Z2BsK5xqw By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a video that went viral. A San Francisco art gallery owner was seen using a hose to spray a homeless wom ...

January 19, 2023
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SCOTUS Demands TX Appeals Court Reconsider Death Row Prisoner Case

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|Date: January 19, 2023
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SCOTUS Demands TX Appeals Court Reconsider Death Row Prisoner Case

By Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S Supreme Court reversed the decision on a re-trial of a Texas ...

By Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S Supreme Court reversed the decision on a re-trial of a Texas death row prisoner this past week, vacating the judgment of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ...

January 19, 2023
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Policy Paper Suggests Bail Reform Has Only ‘Minimal’ Effect on Public Safety

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: January 19, 2023
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Policy Paper Suggests Bail Reform Has Only ‘Minimal’ Effect on Public Safety

By Leslie Acevedo and Perla Brito NEW YORK, NY - Bail reform is controversial, with some cities, counties ...

By Leslie Acevedo and Perla Brito NEW YORK, NY - Bail reform is controversial, with some cities, counties, and states taking steps to make changes in pretrial detention and policies intended to reduce ...

January 19, 2023
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Yolo County DA Discusses Resentencing Unit

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2023
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Yolo County DA Discusses Resentencing Unit

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - The Yolo District Attorney’s office through its Conviction and Sentence ...

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - The Yolo District Attorney’s office through its Conviction and Sentence Review unit has reviewed and modified 15 state prison sentences since 2019. Since 2019, AB 294 ...

January 18, 2023
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