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ACLU Warns School District to Host After School Satan Club at District Facilities

Posted by Michael McCutcheon
|Date: March 06, 2023
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ACLU Warns School District to Host After School Satan Club at District Facilities

By Michael McCutcheon HELLERTOWN, PA - The ACLU of Pennsylvania last week sent a letter warning the Sauco ...

By Michael McCutcheon HELLERTOWN, PA - The ACLU of Pennsylvania last week sent a letter warning the Saucon Valley School District it must reinstate the After School Satan Club (ASSC) access to school ...

March 06, 2023
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REPORT: New Jersey Bail Reform ‘National Model’ for Community Safety

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: March 06, 2023
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REPORT: New Jersey Bail Reform ‘National Model’ for Community Safety

By Ramneet Singh HOUSTON, TX - The philanthropy Arnold Ventures LLC has produced a report noting there ar ...

By Ramneet Singh HOUSTON, TX - The philanthropy Arnold Ventures LLC has produced a report noting there are strong indications bail reform in New Jersey “has been successful and is a national model of ...

March 06, 2023
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LA Times Editorial Board Argues Wrongful Convictions ‘Stain’ on Justice System

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: March 06, 2023
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LA Times Editorial Board Argues Wrongful Convictions ‘Stain’ on Justice System

By Leslie Acevedo LOS ANGELES, CA - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has found Maurice Hastings factual ...

By Leslie Acevedo LOS ANGELES, CA - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has found Maurice Hastings factually innocent of a crime he was sentenced for 38 years ago—the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board ...

March 06, 2023
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Merced Trial over ‘Rescue’ of Slaughterhouse-Bound Chickens Features ‘Baywatch’ Star as Accused, and Maybe Other Hollywood Actors

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 06, 2023
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Merced Trial over ‘Rescue’ of Slaughterhouse-Bound Chickens Features ‘Baywatch’ Star as Accused, and Maybe Other Hollywood Actors

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief MERCED, CA – A trial slated to start here in M ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief MERCED, CA – A trial slated to start here in Merced County Superior Court March 7 is of the most unusual kind—first, one of the accused is a ...

March 06, 2023
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ACLU Reprimands Houston School District for Discriminatory Treatment Towards Girls’ Sports Team, Black Student Athlete

Posted by Sunny Zhou
|Date: March 06, 2023
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ACLU Reprimands Houston School District for Discriminatory Treatment Towards Girls’ Sports Team, Black Student Athlete

By Sunny Zhou HOUSTON, TX - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas this past week sent ...

By Sunny Zhou HOUSTON, TX - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas this past week sent the Spring Branch Independent School District a warning letter for their “mistreatment” of a st ...

March 06, 2023
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Looking Back: Innocence Commissions Needed to Correct Wrongful Convictions

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 05, 2023
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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 ...

March 05, 2023
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Commentary: My Life Outside

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 05, 2023
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Commentary: My Life Outside

By Holly Davidson My life outside, before prison, was a sad routine of struggle. Every waking moment spe ...

By Holly Davidson My life outside, before prison, was a sad routine of struggle. Every waking moment spent without thought of the next, and definitely without thought of the past. I was 32 years old, ...

March 05, 2023
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Tennessee Legislator Suggests ‘Hanging by Tree’ As Execution Method to ‘Speed Up Process’ as Favor to Death Row Prisoners

Posted by Sunny Zhou
|Date: March 05, 2023
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Tennessee Legislator Suggests ‘Hanging by Tree’ As Execution Method to ‘Speed Up Process’ as Favor to Death Row Prisoners

By Sunny Zhou NASHVILLE, TN - When the Tennessee House Criminal Justice Committee last week discussed a ...

By Sunny Zhou NASHVILLE, TN - When the Tennessee House Criminal Justice Committee last week discussed a bill to add death by firing squad to the state’s death penalty options, State Representative Pa ...

March 05, 2023
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CA Governor Releases Details of His 2022 Judicial Appointments

Posted by Paloma Sifuentes
|Date: March 05, 2023
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CA Governor Releases Details of His 2022 Judicial Appointments

By Paloma Sifuentes SACRAMENTO, CA - CA Gov. Gavin Newsom has released the 2022 Judicial Applicant and A ...

By Paloma Sifuentes SACRAMENTO, CA - CA Gov. Gavin Newsom has released the 2022 Judicial Applicant and Appointee data, showing that from when Newsom took office in 2019 he has made 288 judicial appoi ...

March 05, 2023
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Death Rates on Rikers Island Raises Concerns about Incarcerated Prisoners, Particularly Black and Brown

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 05, 2023
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Death Rates on Rikers Island Raises Concerns about Incarcerated Prisoners, Particularly Black and Brown

By Daphne Ho NEW YORK, NY - “Even as the population of New York City jails declined over the past half de ...

By Daphne Ho NEW YORK, NY - “Even as the population of New York City jails declined over the past half decade, the death rate among detainees surged,” wrote Graham Rayman in a New York Daily News arti ...

March 05, 2023
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Georgia Senator Questions AG Garland Regarding Failures of DOJ to Accurately Report Prison Deaths

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: March 05, 2023
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Georgia Senator Questions AG Garland Regarding Failures of DOJ to Accurately Report Prison Deaths

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WASHINGTON, DC. – During a Senate Judiciary Committee Department of Justice oversi ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WASHINGTON, DC. – During a Senate Judiciary Committee Department of Justice oversight hearing this week, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland ...

March 05, 2023
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California Lawmakers Told Treatment, Not Punishment, Will End Fentanyl Crisis

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: March 05, 2023
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California Lawmakers Told Treatment, Not Punishment, Will End Fentanyl Crisis

By Leslie Acevedo SAN FRANCISCO, CA - California lawmakers heard testimony urging treatment, not punishm ...

By Leslie Acevedo SAN FRANCISCO, CA - California lawmakers heard testimony urging treatment, not punishment, should be used to resolve the fentanyl crisis after members of the state Public Health and ...

March 05, 2023
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Report Documents Devastating Findings Regarding Female Incarceration in USA and Role of COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted by Gracyann Joslin
|Date: March 05, 2023
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Report Documents Devastating Findings Regarding Female Incarceration in USA and Role of COVID-19 Pandemic

By Gracy Joslin EASTHAMPTON, MA - “Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023”—a report by the Prison ...

By Gracy Joslin EASTHAMPTON, MA - “Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023”—a report by the Prison Policy Initiative, in collaboration with the ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice—has revealed some ...

March 05, 2023
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Building a Foundation in the Humanities

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 04, 2023
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Building a Foundation in the Humanities

By Brian Warner Self-help correspondence courses such as those offered by PREP, Partnership for Re-Entry ...

By Brian Warner Self-help correspondence courses such as those offered by PREP, Partnership for Re-Entry Program, are a great way to further your recovery, but they require a lot of writing about some ...

March 04, 2023
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Report: Harmful Legislation Devised for Potentially Unfounded Concern over Shoplifting

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: March 04, 2023
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Report: Harmful Legislation Devised for Potentially Unfounded Concern over Shoplifting

By Ramneet Singh NEW YORK, NY - A recent report by The Marshall Project expanded on the credibility of co ...

By Ramneet Singh NEW YORK, NY - A recent report by The Marshall Project expanded on the credibility of concerns of shoplifting, contextualized those concerns with data or lack thereof, and explained h ...

March 04, 2023
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Writer Argues New York’s Bail Reform Success Story after Removal of Cash Bail

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: March 04, 2023
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Writer Argues New York’s Bail Reform Success Story after Removal of Cash Bail

By Leslie Acevedo ALBANY, NY - Peter Mayer, a writer for FWD.us, notes New York’s bail reform law removin ...

By Leslie Acevedo ALBANY, NY - Peter Mayer, a writer for FWD.us, notes New York’s bail reform law removing cash bail is showing policy success, arguing “the impacts measured in this report, of dollars ...

March 04, 2023
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Columnist Notes Rare Victory, Supreme Court Gives Death Row Inmate Chance to Spend Rest of Life in Jail

Posted by Perla Brito
|Date: March 04, 2023
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Columnist Notes Rare Victory, Supreme Court Gives Death Row Inmate Chance to Spend Rest of Life in Jail

By Perla Brito WASHINGTON, DC - John Montenegro Cruz, an inmate of Arizona’s death row, was granted relie ...

By Perla Brito WASHINGTON, DC - John Montenegro Cruz, an inmate of Arizona’s death row, was granted relief by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote this week. According to Austin Sarat, a contributor to The ...

March 04, 2023
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Reform Efforts Implemented by States to Address Family Separation Due to Incarceration

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: March 04, 2023
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Reform Efforts Implemented by States to Address Family Separation Due to Incarceration

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong EASTHAMPTON, MA - Writing for the Prison Policy Initiative, Emma Williams, a consu ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong EASTHAMPTON, MA - Writing for the Prison Policy Initiative, Emma Williams, a consultant at the organization, examined the adverse impacts of incarceration on the family unit and ...

March 04, 2023
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45 San Francisco Organizations Send Letter Pleading to Maintain City’s Sanctuary Status

Posted by Michael McCutcheon
|Date: March 04, 2023
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45 San Francisco Organizations Send Letter Pleading to Maintain City’s Sanctuary Status

By Michael McCutcheon SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Forty-five various civil rights, faith, and community groups si ...

By Michael McCutcheon SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Forty-five various civil rights, faith, and community groups signed a letter addressed to the leaders of San Francisco, urging them to maintain the city’s san ...

March 04, 2023
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OC Register Wants News Media Let Back into Prisons after Nearly 30-Year Ban

Posted by Kimberly Torres
|Date: March 04, 2023
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OC Register Wants News Media Let Back into Prisons after Nearly 30-Year Ban

By Kimberly Torres IRVINE, CA - The Orange County Register editorial board this week noted, “For almost 3 ...

By Kimberly Torres IRVINE, CA - The Orange County Register editorial board this week noted, “For almost 30 years state correctional authorities have had the ability to keep reporters out of prisons al ...

March 04, 2023
| by Kimberly Torres

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