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Despite TX School Shooting Deaths, U.S. Senate Fails to Advance Domestic Terrorism Bill over GOP Opposition

Posted by Matthew Torres
|Date: May 30, 2022
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Despite TX School Shooting Deaths, U.S. Senate Fails to Advance Domestic Terrorism Bill over GOP Opposition

By Matthew Torres and Hannah Adams WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate late this past week failed to advance the ...

By Matthew Torres and Hannah Adams WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate late this past week failed to advance the Domestic Terrorism Act of 2022, despite the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and at ...

May 30, 2022
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Civil Rights Groups, Including ACLU, Seek to Overturn ‘Racist’ US Supreme Court Rulings Used to Deny Benefits to Puerto Ricans

Posted by Jaanvi Kaur
|Date: May 30, 2022
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Civil Rights Groups, Including ACLU, Seek to Overturn ‘Racist’ US Supreme Court Rulings Used to Deny Benefits to Puerto Ricans

By Jaanvi Kaur WASHINGTON, DC – Civil rights groups are trying again to push the federal government into ...

By Jaanvi Kaur WASHINGTON, DC – Civil rights groups are trying again to push the federal government into overruling century-old Supreme Court decisions that racially discriminate against individuals r ...

May 30, 2022
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Looking Back: United States Supreme Court Puts Time Limit on Right to Counsel

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|Date: May 29, 2022
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Looking Back: United States Supreme Court Puts Time Limit on Right to Counsel

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 ...

May 29, 2022
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SCOTUS Eliminates Ability to Vindicate Substantial Constitutional Claims of Ineffective Counsel; Dissenting Justices Call Decision ‘Perverse’

Posted by Nora Dahl
|Date: May 29, 2022
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SCOTUS Eliminates Ability to Vindicate Substantial Constitutional Claims of Ineffective Counsel; Dissenting Justices Call Decision ‘Perverse’

By Nora Dahl WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court this week, in a 6-3 ruling, made it far more difficu ...

By Nora Dahl WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court this week, in a 6-3 ruling, made it far more difficult for inmates to exercise their fundamental constitutional right to adequate trial counsel—dis ...

May 29, 2022
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Letter: In Support of DA Jeff Reisig

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|Date: May 29, 2022
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Letter: In Support of DA Jeff Reisig

By David Pfaff For those of you following the race for District Attorney in Yolo County between incumbent ...

By David Pfaff For those of you following the race for District Attorney in Yolo County between incumbent DA Jeff Reisig and challenger Cynthia Rodriguez, I know it can be confusing to try to figure o ...

May 29, 2022
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Biden Signs Executive Order for National Police Accountability after Legislation Fails

Posted by Matthew Torres
|Date: May 29, 2022
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Biden Signs Executive Order for National Police Accountability after Legislation Fails

By Matthew Torres and Eliza Hernandez WASHINGTON, DC –An executive order was signed Wednesday by Presiden ...

By Matthew Torres and Eliza Hernandez WASHINGTON, DC –An executive order was signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden to create national accreditation standards for police departments and a national da ...

May 29, 2022
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SFPD Shoots Knife-Wielding Victim

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: May 28, 2022
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SFPD Shoots Knife-Wielding Victim

by Robert J Hansen San Francisco, CA - The San Francisco Police Department held a 3-hour virtual town hal ...

by Robert J Hansen San Francisco, CA - The San Francisco Police Department held a 3-hour virtual town hall Friday in response to an officer-involved shooting last Thursday at Mariposa and Owens Street ...

May 28, 2022
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Lawsuit Filed in Death of Victim of Deadly VTA Mass Shooting in Santa Clara in 2021

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|Date: May 28, 2022
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Lawsuit Filed in Death of Victim of Deadly VTA Mass Shooting in Santa Clara in 2021

By The Vanguard Staff SAN JOSE, CA – On what is the first anniversary of the deadliest mass shootings in ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN JOSE, CA – On what is the first anniversary of the deadliest mass shootings in the SF Bay Area in about three decades, the family of one those murdered filed a lawsuit this w ...

May 28, 2022
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Trump-backed Candidates in Georgia’s GOP Primary Largely Defeated

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 28, 2022
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Trump-backed Candidates in Georgia’s GOP Primary Largely Defeated

By Cheyenne Galloway WASHINGTON, DC – Former President Donald Trump was met with another electoral defeat ...

By Cheyenne Galloway WASHINGTON, DC – Former President Donald Trump was met with another electoral defeat in the Georgia Primaries this week in an attempt to settle previous scores against several Rep ...

May 28, 2022
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Commentary: Solano DA’s Ties to Law Enforcement Has Consequences for Police Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 27, 2022
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Commentary: Solano DA’s Ties to Law Enforcement Has Consequences for Police Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Martinez, CA – One of the big debates these days is the extent to ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Martinez, CA – One of the big debates these days is the extent to which support of law enforcement and in particular police unions has become a barrier to reform ...

May 27, 2022
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Commentary: Critics of Rodriguez Are Actually Just Opponents of Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: May 27, 2022
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Commentary: Critics of Rodriguez Are Actually Just Opponents of Criminal Justice Reform

By Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - Cynthia Rodriguez, challenger for Yolo County District Attorney, has b ...

By Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - Cynthia Rodriguez, challenger for Yolo County District Attorney, has been getting criticized for her policy approach or for being soft on crime in the last couple of ...

May 27, 2022
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Dem Gov Nominee Beto O’Rourke Interrupts Texas Governor’s Press Conference on School Shooting

Posted by Mihajla Milovanovic
|Date: May 27, 2022
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Dem Gov Nominee Beto O’Rourke Interrupts Texas Governor’s Press Conference on School Shooting

By Mihajla Milovanovic and Nora Dahl UVALDE, TX – In response to the school shooting this week here that ...

By Mihajla Milovanovic and Nora Dahl UVALDE, TX – In response to the school shooting this week here that left 21 dead, including 19 children, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other officials held a pres ...

May 27, 2022
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Man Found Not Guilty, but Jury Trial Took Nearly a Year – SF Public Defender Again Criticizes Slow Justice in SF Court

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|Date: May 27, 2022
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Man Found Not Guilty, but Jury Trial Took Nearly a Year – SF Public Defender Again Criticizes Slow Justice in SF Court

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Islam Natsheh was acquitted of felony assault charges here this ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Islam Natsheh was acquitted of felony assault charges here this week by a SF Superior Court jury that “relied heavily on a surveillance video that was not tur ...

May 27, 2022
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Guest Commentary: ACLU Commends President Biden for Taking Action on Police Reform

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|Date: May 26, 2022
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Guest Commentary: ACLU Commends President Biden for Taking Action on Police Reform

By Udi Ofer Today marks the two-year anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd. This tragedy galva ...

By Udi Ofer Today marks the two-year anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd. This tragedy galvanized the nation to take to the streets to protest police violence and racism. That movement co ...

May 26, 2022
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Orange County District Attorney Candidate Hardin Pledges to Improve Police Accountability

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|Date: May 26, 2022
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Orange County District Attorney Candidate Hardin Pledges to Improve Police Accountability

By The Vanguard Staff ORANGE, CA – On what was the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder this Tuesd ...

By The Vanguard Staff ORANGE, CA – On what was the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder this Tuesday, Orange County District Attorney candidate Pete Hardin made a campaign promise to increase “ ...

May 26, 2022
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CA Attorney General Calls Latest School Shooting ‘Dark Day’ in Texas, America

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|Date: May 26, 2022
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CA Attorney General Calls Latest School Shooting ‘Dark Day’ in Texas, America

By The Vanguard Staff OAKLAND, CA – “Today is a dark day. I wish that in our nation we could say that a d ...

By The Vanguard Staff OAKLAND, CA – “Today is a dark day. I wish that in our nation we could say that a day like today is rare. Sadly, it is all too familiar,” said California Attorney General Rob Bon ...

May 26, 2022
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Despite Buffalo Shooting, GOP ‘Replacement Theory’ Still Going Strong

Posted by Jaanvi Kaur
|Date: May 26, 2022
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Despite Buffalo Shooting, GOP ‘Replacement Theory’ Still Going Strong

By Jaanvi Kaur and Aryal Aglugub BUFFALO, NY– Last weekend, attention turned to the motive of a white man ...

By Jaanvi Kaur and Aryal Aglugub BUFFALO, NY– Last weekend, attention turned to the motive of a white man who killed 10 people at a local supermarket here, using a semi-automatic-style rifle in a pred ...

May 26, 2022
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Two Years after Floyd, President Biden to Advance Historic Executive Order on Police Accountability

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2022
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Two Years after Floyd, President Biden to Advance Historic Executive Order on Police Accountability

By David M. Greenwald Executive Director Washington, DC – On the two year anniversary of the murder of Ge ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Director Washington, DC – On the two year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, President Biden will sign a historic executive order “to advance effective, account ...

May 25, 2022
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Race Blind Charging Bill Passes State Assembly Unanimously

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: May 25, 2022
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Race Blind Charging Bill Passes State Assembly Unanimously

by Robert J. Hansen A bill aimed at reducing the potential for unconscious bias in the criminal justice s ...

by Robert J. Hansen A bill aimed at reducing the potential for unconscious bias in the criminal justice system passed the California State Assembly yesterday by a vote of 72-0. AB 2778 or the “Race-Bl ...

May 25, 2022
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Boudin-Backed Legislation by SF Bay Area Lawmakers to Protect Victims’ DNA Passes CA State Senate

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|Date: May 25, 2022
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Boudin-Backed Legislation by SF Bay Area Lawmakers to Protect Victims’ DNA Passes CA State Senate

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO – Senate Bill 1228, the Genetic Privacy for Sexual Assault Victims Act, ...

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO – Senate Bill 1228, the Genetic Privacy for Sexual Assault Victims Act, was OK’d by the full California State Senate this week on a unanimous, bipartisan vote, now hea ...

May 25, 2022
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