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California Gang Laws Are Normalized Racism

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|Date: October 13, 2019
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California Gang Laws Are Normalized Racism

The gang database in the state gives police increased authority to approach and harass people for virtual ...

The gang database in the state gives police increased authority to approach and harass people for virtually no reason at all. By Emily Galvin-Almanza On Dec. 10, 2016, Darrell Caldwell, a rapper known ...

October 13, 2019
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California Governor Signs Landmark Bill Halting Facial Recognition on Police Body Cams

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|Date: October 12, 2019
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California Governor Signs Landmark Bill Halting Facial Recognition on Police Body Cams

AB 1215 will keep inaccurate, biased, and invasive surveillance technology from being used against the pu ...

AB 1215 will keep inaccurate, biased, and invasive surveillance technology from being used against the public with body cams, which were promised for police transparency and accountability (From Press ...

October 12, 2019
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Unanimous Support for Providing Housing Funds and Free Education to the Wrongfully Convicted

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|Date: October 11, 2019
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Unanimous Support for Providing Housing Funds and Free Education to the Wrongfully Convicted

By Danielle Silva California Governor Gavin Newsom has recently signed Assembly Bills 701 and 703, increa ...

By Danielle Silva California Governor Gavin Newsom has recently signed Assembly Bills 701 and 703, increasing the support exonerees receive after leaving prison – bills that have received unanimous su ...

October 11, 2019
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Analysis: Was Wrongfully Convicted Fashion Designer a Victim of Racial Prejudice on the Part of Prosecutor?

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|Date: October 10, 2019
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Analysis: Was Wrongfully Convicted Fashion Designer a Victim of Racial Prejudice on the Part of Prosecutor?

In 2008, Anand Jon Alexander, a rising star in the fashion design world, was convicted of multiple counts ...

In 2008, Anand Jon Alexander, a rising star in the fashion design world, was convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault and received a life sentence in prison. He is widely believed to have been ...

October 10, 2019
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Fired Sacramento Cop Who Killed Twice Sues to Get His Job Back

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|Date: October 09, 2019
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Fired Sacramento Cop Who Killed Twice Sues to Get His Job Back

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Bad cops may not face criminal charges ofte ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Bad cops may not face criminal charges often, if at all in Sacramento. And they usually receive no or light discipline for use of excessiv ...

October 09, 2019
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Critics Say Suzy Loftus Didn’t Do Enough to Reform San Francisco PD

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|Date: October 08, 2019
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Critics Say Suzy Loftus Didn’t Do Enough to Reform San Francisco PD

Loftus led the San Francisco Police Commission through a bloody and turbulent era. By Elizabeth Weill-Gre ...

Loftus led the San Francisco Police Commission through a bloody and turbulent era. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Protesters gathered recently outside a campaign event for San Francisco district attorne ...

October 08, 2019
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Texas Plans to Execute Jewish Man Denied a Fair Trial by an Anti-Semitic Judge

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|Date: October 07, 2019
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Texas Plans to Execute Jewish Man Denied a Fair Trial by an Anti-Semitic Judge

By Heather L. Weaver UPDATE: On Friday, October 4, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, where Halprin had ...

By Heather L. Weaver UPDATE: On Friday, October 4, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, where Halprin had sought relief before turning to the U.S. Supreme Court, granted a stay of execution for Randy ...

October 07, 2019
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Republicans Suddenly Care about Hearsay and Procedural Justice

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|Date: October 05, 2019
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Republicans Suddenly Care about Hearsay and Procedural Justice

by Sarah Lustbader Republicans seem to discover the urgent need for due process and procedural safeguards ...

by Sarah Lustbader Republicans seem to discover the urgent need for due process and procedural safeguards each time an ally of theirs becomes vulnerable. This time, it’s about hearsay. I am confident ...

October 05, 2019
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Trump Administration Plan to Admit Fewer Refugees Than Any Previous President

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|Date: October 05, 2019
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Trump Administration Plan to Admit Fewer Refugees Than Any Previous President

By Manar Waheed The Trump administration yesterday announced its plan to admit 18,000 refugees this fisca ...

By Manar Waheed The Trump administration yesterday announced its plan to admit 18,000 refugees this fiscal year, taking another step in its agenda to dismantle the program that has long provided prote ...

October 05, 2019
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Guest Commentary: What Kamala Harris’s Take on Policing Gets Wrong

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|Date: September 29, 2019
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Guest Commentary: What Kamala Harris’s Take on Policing Gets Wrong

by Alex Vitale Rather than encouraging more faith in the police, true reform requires dismantling the sys ...

by Alex Vitale Rather than encouraging more faith in the police, true reform requires dismantling the system that empowers them. Senator Kamala Harris wants you to trust the police. In her new crimina ...

September 29, 2019
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White Supremacist Violence Is on the Rise

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|Date: September 28, 2019
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White Supremacist Violence Is on the Rise

By Hina Shamsi In response to the increase in white supremacist violence, Congress has been holding heari ...

By Hina Shamsi In response to the increase in white supremacist violence, Congress has been holding hearings — including one today — on the urgent need to address it. But, rather than getting to the b ...

September 28, 2019
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Sacramento Police ‘Cleared’ in Killing of Unarmed Stephon Clark – Community Reacts with Anger, Warnings

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|Date: September 27, 2019
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Sacramento Police ‘Cleared’ in Killing of Unarmed Stephon Clark – Community Reacts with Anger, Warnings

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Reactions were swift and furious Thursday t ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Reactions were swift and furious Thursday to an official announcement that final investigations by federal authorities and the Sacramento ...

September 27, 2019
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Deportation Program ‘Secure Communities’ Does Not Change Crime Rates

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|Date: September 26, 2019
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Deportation Program ‘Secure Communities’ Does Not Change Crime Rates

By Danielle Silva A study released by UC Davis on the deportation-focused program “Secure Communities” co ...

By Danielle Silva A study released by UC Davis on the deportation-focused program “Secure Communities” concluded that crime rates did not change before or after the program’s implementation. UC Davis ...

September 26, 2019
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Legislature Passed Bill That Prevents DA’s Offices from Demanding Waiving Future Rights

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|Date: September 17, 2019
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Legislature Passed Bill That Prevents DA’s Offices from Demanding Waiving Future Rights

The San Diego District Attorney’s office last spring began inserting language into plea agreements demand ...

The San Diego District Attorney’s office last spring began inserting language into plea agreements demanding that defendants, when pleading guilty, to give up “all future potential benefits of any leg ...

September 17, 2019
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Call for CalPERS to Divest from ICE Prisons

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|Date: September 17, 2019
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Call for CalPERS to Divest from ICE Prisons

(From Press Release – Save the Children) - The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement will be spear ...

(From Press Release – Save the Children) - The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement will be spear heading an action and rally with several dozen organizations on September 16th, Mexican Indepe ...

September 17, 2019
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Sacramento Superior Court Considers Fate of Sewage Tank, 100-Year-Old Baseball Field at Iconic McKinley Park

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|Date: September 16, 2019
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Sacramento Superior Court Considers Fate of Sewage Tank, 100-Year-Old Baseball Field at Iconic McKinley Park

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It’s difficult to hear that a beautiful, 33 ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It’s difficult to hear that a beautiful, 33-acre, nearly 150-year old Sacramento park with an iconic baseball field, gardens and hundreds ...

September 16, 2019
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Protesters Call for De-Funding ICE, Garamendi District Director Calls for Quiet

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|Date: September 11, 2019
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Protesters Call for De-Funding ICE, Garamendi District Director Calls for Quiet

Local groups came together at noon on Tuesday to protest the continued policies of the Trump administrati ...

Local groups came together at noon on Tuesday to protest the continued policies of the Trump administration with regard to immigration policy, as well as to put pressure on Congressional Democrats, wh ...

September 11, 2019
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Federal Lawsuit Charges Sacramento City School District Practicing ‘Modern-Day Segregation’

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|Date: September 10, 2019
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Federal Lawsuit Charges Sacramento City School District Practicing ‘Modern-Day Segregation’

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento City Unified School Distri ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento City Unified School District is perpetuating an “unlawful” and “discriminatory” system that causes students with disabili ...

September 10, 2019
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Lester Holt Talks about Why People Falsely Confess to Crimes

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|Date: September 08, 2019
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Lester Holt Talks about Why People Falsely Confess to Crimes

When a motion to suppress came forward in the Daniel Marsh case about five years ago, I was alarmed to di ...

When a motion to suppress came forward in the Daniel Marsh case about five years ago, I was alarmed to discovered that they took the young man, barely 16, interrogated him for about five to seven hour ...

September 08, 2019
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Boston Prosecutor Wanted to Dismiss Cases; Judge Threw Defendants in Jail Instead

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|Date: September 08, 2019
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Boston Prosecutor Wanted to Dismiss Cases; Judge Threw Defendants in Jail Instead

By Sarah Lustbader “Even before Boston Municipal Court Judge Richard Sinnott had defense attorney Susan C ...

By Sarah Lustbader “Even before Boston Municipal Court Judge Richard Sinnott had defense attorney Susan Church handcuffed on Wednesday morning, proceedings in his courtroom had gotten bizarre—and worr ...

September 08, 2019
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