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As Covid-19 Continues to Impact Criminal Legal System, Advocates Discuss Radical Alternatives

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|Date: September 26, 2020
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As Covid-19 Continues to Impact Criminal Legal System, Advocates Discuss Radical Alternatives

By Tiffany Devlin As the Covid-19 pandemic heavily impacted jails, prisons, and courts across the Unite ...

By Tiffany Devlin As the Covid-19 pandemic heavily impacted jails, prisons, and courts across the United States, advocates have pointed towards structural change in the criminal legal system. Alec K ...

September 26, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part VI – Concealing Evidence Most Common Misconduct Leading to False Convictions

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|Date: September 26, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part VI – Concealing Evidence Most Common Misconduct Leading to False Convictions

(This is the sixth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced b ...

(This is the sixth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced by Samuel R. Gross, Maurice J. Possley, Kaitlyn J. Roll, and Klara H. Stephens) By Linhchi Nguye ...

September 26, 2020
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When It Comes to COVID-19 Riverside Jurors Almost Always Get a Free Pass

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|Date: September 26, 2020
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When It Comes to COVID-19 Riverside Jurors Almost Always Get a Free Pass

By Danae Snell RIVERSIDE – Courthouses across the United States have heard a wide variety of reasons for ...

By Danae Snell RIVERSIDE – Courthouses across the United States have heard a wide variety of reasons for potential jurors to request to be excused from jury service; however, COVID-19 could be this ye ...

September 26, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part V – Fabricated Evidence: Forensic Deception, Planted Evidence and Forged Confessions

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|Date: September 25, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part V – Fabricated Evidence: Forensic Deception, Planted Evidence and Forged Confessions

By Kelsea Valerio (This is the fifth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonera ...

By Kelsea Valerio (This is the fifth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced by Samuel R. Gross, Maurice J. Possley, Kaitlyn J. Roll, and Klara H. Stephens) ...

September 25, 2020
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Commentary: No Justice – No Peace

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|Date: September 24, 2020
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Commentary: No Justice – No Peace

By David M. Greenwald The Breonna Taylor case is not a clean case. Not like George Floyd where the police ...

By David M. Greenwald The Breonna Taylor case is not a clean case. Not like George Floyd where the police officer, no matter what led up to the arrest, clearly mishandled the incident that led to Geor ...

September 24, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part IV – Misconduct in Interrogations – A Legal Gray Area

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|Date: September 24, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part IV – Misconduct in Interrogations – A Legal Gray Area

(This is the fourth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced by ...

(This is the fourth in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced by Samuel R. Gross, Maurice J. Possley, Kaitlyn J. Roll, and Klara H. Stephens) By Layla Mustafa ...

September 24, 2020
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Fresno PD Argues CHP Officers Falsely Arrested DUI Drivers – Judge Disagrees

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|Date: September 24, 2020
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Fresno PD Argues CHP Officers Falsely Arrested DUI Drivers – Judge Disagrees

By Ruby Chavez and Cailin Garcia FRESNO- In two separate cases yesterday, Assistant Public Defender Tonya ...

By Ruby Chavez and Cailin Garcia FRESNO- In two separate cases yesterday, Assistant Public Defender Tonya Lopez argued that California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers must monitor suspected DUI drivers ...

September 24, 2020
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Grand Jury Indicts One Officer – Not For Murder – in Breonna Taylor Killing (updated)

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|Date: September 23, 2020
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Grand Jury Indicts One Officer – Not For Murder – in Breonna Taylor Killing (updated)

By Peter J. Williams LOUISVILLE ー With protesters already gathered in downtown Louisville, Attorney Gener ...

By Peter J. Williams LOUISVILLE ー With protesters already gathered in downtown Louisville, Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced Wednesday the much anticipated findings of the Grand Jury investiga ...

September 23, 2020
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Pandemic to Racial Injustices: Now U.S. Has ‘Anarchist’ Cities, Claims Trump Administration

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|Date: September 23, 2020
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Pandemic to Racial Injustices: Now U.S. Has ‘Anarchist’ Cities, Claims Trump Administration

By Jose Medina In the year 2020, the U.S. has had to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, come to ter ...

By Jose Medina In the year 2020, the U.S. has had to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, come to terms with racial injustices, experienced record firestorms and hurricanes and is facing a tumultu ...

September 23, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part III in the Series – Threats and Manipulation by Government Officials

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|Date: September 23, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part III in the Series – Threats and Manipulation by Government Officials

(This is the third in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced by ...

(This is the third in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations produced by Samuel R. Gross, Maurice J. Possley, Kaitlyn J. Roll, and Klara H. Stephens) By Layla Mustafa A ...

September 23, 2020
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Family of Man Killed by Walnut Creek Police Discuss Settlement, Son’s Mental Health Crisis

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|Date: September 22, 2020
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Family of Man Killed by Walnut Creek Police Discuss Settlement, Son’s Mental Health Crisis

By David M. Greenwald No amount of money will bring back Miles Hall, a young man shot and killed by Walnu ...

By David M. Greenwald No amount of money will bring back Miles Hall, a young man shot and killed by Walnut Creek police in June 2019, the family said on Monday at a press conference in front of their ...

September 22, 2020
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Alameda County Public Defender Uses YouTube Videos to Tell Incarcerated How to Vote from Jail Cells

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|Date: September 22, 2020
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Alameda County Public Defender Uses YouTube Videos to Tell Incarcerated How to Vote from Jail Cells

By Ruby Chavez ALAMEDA COUNTY – YouTube videos are encouraging inmates at Santa Rita County Jail how to ...

By Ruby Chavez ALAMEDA COUNTY – YouTube videos are encouraging inmates at Santa Rita County Jail how to vote from their jail cells in the upcoming Nov. 3 General Election—voting from jail is a right ...

September 22, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part II in the Series – Frequency of Official Misconduct/ Characteristics of Misconduct and Its Disparities

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|Date: September 22, 2020
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EXONERATIONS: Part II in the Series – Frequency of Official Misconduct/ Characteristics of Misconduct and Its Disparities

(This is the second in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations as produced ...

(This is the second in an 11-part series by The Vanguard reporting on a study of exonerations as produced by Samuel R. Gross, Maurice J. Possley, Kaitlyn J. Roll, and Klara H. Stephens) By Layla Musta ...

September 22, 2020
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Maricopa County Attorney Declines to Charge Officer Who Shot & Killed Dion Johnson

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|Date: September 22, 2020
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Maricopa County Attorney Declines to Charge Officer Who Shot & Killed Dion Johnson

By Julietta Bisharyan PHOENIX - Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel announced Monday that she will not ...

By Julietta Bisharyan PHOENIX - Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel announced Monday that she will not pursue criminal charges against Department of Public Safety Trooper George Cervantes in connec ...

September 22, 2020
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Prop 20 Would Undo CA Criminal Justice Reform Progress, Claim Racial Justice Advocates

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|Date: September 22, 2020
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Prop 20 Would Undo CA Criminal Justice Reform Progress, Claim Racial Justice Advocates

By Linh Nguyen California’s Proposition 20, on the Nov. 3 ballot, campaigns on the slogan “Keep Californi ...

By Linh Nguyen California’s Proposition 20, on the Nov. 3 ballot, campaigns on the slogan “Keep California Safe,” though racial justice advocates warn of its adverse consequences on criminal justice r ...

September 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Abolish the Filibuster and Pack the Court

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|Date: September 21, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Abolish the Filibuster and Pack the Court

The stakes could not be higher following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By Jay W ...

The stakes could not be higher following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By Jay Willis I should start by saying that I assume, for now, that Republicans in the Senate will rush ...

September 21, 2020
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Philly Top Prosecutor, Councilmembers Condemn Trump Talk of Charging Protestors with ‘Sedition’

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|Date: September 21, 2020
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Philly Top Prosecutor, Councilmembers Condemn Trump Talk of Charging Protestors with ‘Sedition’

By Susana Jurado PHILADELPHIA – District Attorney Larry Krasner and City Councilmembers Kendra Brooks, ...

By Susana Jurado PHILADELPHIA – District Attorney Larry Krasner and City Councilmembers Kendra Brooks, Jamie Gauthier, Helen Gym, and Isaiah Thomas expressed their disdain for the Trump Administrati ...

September 21, 2020
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Reports Show COVID-19 has Led to Increased Anti-Asian American Racism

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|Date: September 21, 2020
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Reports Show COVID-19 has Led to Increased Anti-Asian American Racism

By Martimeano Villa Reports provided by Stop AAPI Hate and the Stop AAPI Hate Youth Campaign have demonst ...

By Martimeano Villa Reports provided by Stop AAPI Hate and the Stop AAPI Hate Youth Campaign have demonstrated a statistical increase in racist discriminatory actions against Asian Americans. The Yout ...

September 21, 2020
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Public Safety Includes Incarcerated – Conversations on Bail, Parole, and Prosecutor Power

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|Date: September 21, 2020
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Public Safety Includes Incarcerated – Conversations on Bail, Parole, and Prosecutor Power

By Roxanna Jarvis The criminal justice system's many inequities and strategies to turn it instead into a ...

By Roxanna Jarvis The criminal justice system's many inequities and strategies to turn it instead into a system that involves accountability, decarceration, and the humanization of those in/released f ...

September 21, 2020
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Comprehensive Study Shows Official Misconduct Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: September 20, 2020
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Comprehensive Study Shows Official Misconduct Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions

By Linhchi Nguyen Research indicates that among all cases where defendants were convicted of crimes in th ...

By Linhchi Nguyen Research indicates that among all cases where defendants were convicted of crimes in the United States and later exonerated by new evidence of innocence, over half of these wrongful ...

September 20, 2020
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