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Governor Investing $18 Million in California County Resentencing Pilot Program – Yolo One of Nine Counties in the Pilot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2021
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Governor Investing $18 Million in California County Resentencing Pilot Program – Yolo One of Nine Counties in the Pilot

Last week Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the 2021-22 budget bill. Among the programs was funding ...

Last week Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the 2021-22 budget bill. Among the programs was funding for the Resentencing Pilot Program, which will begin on September 1 and consists of nine counti ...

July 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: UN’s George Floyd Resolution Is a Vital Step Toward International Accountability

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|Date: July 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: UN’s George Floyd Resolution Is a Vital Step Toward International Accountability

It’s now up to the Biden administration to take bold action on international human rights and racial just ...

It’s now up to the Biden administration to take bold action on international human rights and racial justice. By Christine Eldabh and Jamil Dakwar More than one year after the brutal murder of George ...

July 22, 2021
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Substandard Police Protocol and Training Leads to Abnormally High Detention Rates of Teenagers

Posted by Angela Patel
|Date: July 22, 2021
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Substandard Police Protocol and Training Leads to Abnormally High Detention Rates of Teenagers

By Angela Patel and Alexander Pleitez TIPPECANOE COUNTY, IN – Researchers claim the training police under ...

By Angela Patel and Alexander Pleitez TIPPECANOE COUNTY, IN – Researchers claim the training police undergo to understand the mind and actions of teenagers is subpar, exemplified by the considerable n ...

July 22, 2021
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Florida Man Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Part in Breach of US Capitol Jan. 6

Posted by Eric Grammatico
|Date: July 22, 2021
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Florida Man Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Part in Breach of US Capitol Jan. 6

By Marcia Barajas and Eric Grammatico WASHINGTON, DC - In light of the unprecedented violence that took ...

By Marcia Barajas and Eric Grammatico WASHINGTON, DC - In light of the unprecedented violence that took place Jan. 6, 2021, in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., more than 535 individuals ...

July 22, 2021
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Man Tells Santa Barbara Court His Concerns about COVID Inside Facility, Stress of Being Jailed

Posted by Casey Rawlings
|Date: July 22, 2021
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Man Tells Santa Barbara Court His Concerns about COVID Inside Facility, Stress of Being Jailed

By Casey Rawlings SANTA BARBARA, CA – Keith Zeasley has been incarcerated at Santa Barbara’s jail since F ...

By Casey Rawlings SANTA BARBARA, CA – Keith Zeasley has been incarcerated at Santa Barbara’s jail since February of this year, and when he appeared in Santa Barbara County Superior Court Tuesday morni ...

July 22, 2021
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Day 2 of the Rodney Reed Murder Appeal Features Testimony from Former Officer, Aryan Brotherhood

Posted by Paulina Buelna
|Date: July 21, 2021
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Day 2 of the Rodney Reed Murder Appeal Features Testimony from Former Officer, Aryan Brotherhood

By Ascari Bryant and Paulina Buelna BASTROP, TX – Rodney Reed’s evidence hearing in his murder appeal con ...

By Ascari Bryant and Paulina Buelna BASTROP, TX – Rodney Reed’s evidence hearing in his murder appeal continued Tuesday for a second day here with new evidence to support the release of Reed, accordin ...

July 21, 2021
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Replacing the Phrase ‘I’m Not Racist,’ with ‘I’m an Antiracist’

Posted by Paulina Buelna
|Date: July 21, 2021
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Replacing the Phrase ‘I’m Not Racist,’ with ‘I’m an Antiracist’

By Paulina Buelna and Dayana Esquivel NEW YORK - On his podcast, NY times Journalist Ezra Klein interview ...

By Paulina Buelna and Dayana Esquivel NEW YORK - On his podcast, NY times Journalist Ezra Klein interviewed author Ibram X. Kendi to discuss his ideas in his book “How to be an Antiracist.” Society ha ...

July 21, 2021
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ACLU Brings Lawsuit to Maricopa County to Challenge Plea Bargain Injustice

Posted by Ankita Joshi
|Date: July 21, 2021
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ACLU Brings Lawsuit to Maricopa County to Challenge Plea Bargain Injustice

By Ankita Joshi MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ - Somil Trivedi of the American Civil Liberties Union is bringing a s ...

By Ankita Joshi MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ - Somil Trivedi of the American Civil Liberties Union is bringing a suit in Maricopa County, Arizona to challenge how the plea bargain is used by prosecutors to per ...

July 21, 2021
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GEORGIA INNOCENCE PROJECT – DENNIS A. PERRY IS EXONERATED

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 21, 2021
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GEORGIA INNOCENCE PROJECT – DENNIS A. PERRY IS EXONERATED

By Marilin Ayon and Marcia Barajas CAMDEN COUNTY, GA – This week, more than 20 years after his arrest, De ...

By Marilin Ayon and Marcia Barajas CAMDEN COUNTY, GA – This week, more than 20 years after his arrest, Dennis Arnold Perry, had his murder conviction charges after new DNA evidence, unavailable at the ...

July 21, 2021
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On Death Row: Rodney Reed Maintains Innocence, Hoping Third Appeal will Exonerate Him

Posted by Maia Surendra
|Date: July 20, 2021
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On Death Row: Rodney Reed Maintains Innocence, Hoping Third Appeal will Exonerate Him

By Maia Surendra and Elizabeth Garabedian BASTROP, TX - The third murder appeal hearing for Rodney Reed t ...

By Maia Surendra and Elizabeth Garabedian BASTROP, TX - The third murder appeal hearing for Rodney Reed that began Monday in Bastrop County, TX yielded testimony that questioned the time of the murder ...

July 20, 2021
| by Maia Surendra

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Left and Right Wing Coalition Urges President Biden to Grant Clemency to 4,000 on COVID Home Confinement

Posted by John
|Date: July 20, 2021
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Left and Right Wing Coalition Urges President Biden to Grant Clemency to 4,000 on COVID Home Confinement

By John Arceno and Stacie Guevara (Editor's note: The Biden administration has decided to send thousands ...

By John Arceno and Stacie Guevara (Editor's note: The Biden administration has decided to send thousands back to prison unless Congress acts or Biden issues Mass Commutations). WASHINGTON, D.C. — The ...

July 20, 2021
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Louisville Police Might Be Withholding Body Cam Footage from Breonna Taylor’s Shooting

Posted by Benjamin Porter
|Date: July 20, 2021
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Louisville Police Might Be Withholding Body Cam Footage from Breonna Taylor’s Shooting

By Benjamin Porter and Cassie Larson LOUISVILLE, KY - A new lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of Breo ...

By Benjamin Porter and Cassie Larson LOUISVILLE, KY - A new lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of Breonna Taylor alleges that the Louisville Metro Police Department might have lied and misled regar ...

July 20, 2021
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News Media Now Protected by New Restrictions Passed by Attorney General – But There Are Exceptions

Posted by Genesis Guzman
|Date: July 20, 2021
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News Media Now Protected by New Restrictions Passed by Attorney General – But There Are Exceptions

By Genesis Guzman and Natalia Claburn WASHINGTON DC – Compulsory legal process is now prohibited to be us ...

By Genesis Guzman and Natalia Claburn WASHINGTON DC – Compulsory legal process is now prohibited to be used as a means to obtain information from people involved with news media—although there are lot ...

July 20, 2021
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Plea Tracker: What the Wilson Center Hopes to Learn from Plea Negotiations

Posted by elizabethgarabedian
|Date: July 19, 2021
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Plea Tracker: What the Wilson Center Hopes to Learn from Plea Negotiations

By Elizabeth Garabedian DURHAM, NC - Durham County (NC) District Attorney Satana Deberry and Berkshire Co ...

By Elizabeth Garabedian DURHAM, NC - Durham County (NC) District Attorney Satana Deberry and Berkshire County (MA) District Attorney Andrea Harrington have partnered with the Wilson Center for Science ...

July 19, 2021
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California Department of Justice Will Investigate Officer-Related Shooting on Hollywood Boulevard

Posted by Savannah Dewberry
|Date: July 19, 2021
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California Department of Justice Will Investigate Officer-Related Shooting on Hollywood Boulevard

By Savannah Dewberry and Alan Vargas LOS ANGELES, CA – The clock had not yet struck noon on Hollywood Bou ...

By Savannah Dewberry and Alan Vargas LOS ANGELES, CA – The clock had not yet struck noon on Hollywood Boulevard before shots rang out in the morning of July 15. While responding to a 911 call about a ...

July 19, 2021
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Supervisors Delay Vote for Plan to Transfer ‘Serious’ Juvenile Offenders to Santa Clarita.

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 19, 2021
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Supervisors Delay Vote for Plan to Transfer ‘Serious’ Juvenile Offenders to Santa Clarita.

By Alan Vargas LOS ANGELES, CA - A motion instructing juvenile detention facilities, Camps Joseph Scott a ...

By Alan Vargas LOS ANGELES, CA - A motion instructing juvenile detention facilities, Camps Joseph Scott and Kenyon Scudder, both located in Santa Clarita, to be renovated within 90 days so that the fa ...

July 19, 2021
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Looking Back: A Hung Jury

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2021
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Looking Back: A Hung Jury

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 ...

July 18, 2021
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The Sentencing Project Finds Huge Racial Disparities Among Youth, a Wake Up Call for Reform

Posted by Zoey Hou
|Date: July 18, 2021
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The Sentencing Project Finds Huge Racial Disparities Among Youth, a Wake Up Call for Reform

By Zoey Hou and Stacie Guevara WASHINGTON DC – The Sentencing Project has found new racial and ethnic ine ...

By Zoey Hou and Stacie Guevara WASHINGTON DC – The Sentencing Project has found new racial and ethnic inequalities in youth incarceration, as detailed in its latest fact sheets released late this last ...

July 18, 2021
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Guest Commentary: I Did Nothing Wrong. I Was Arrested Anyway.

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|Date: July 18, 2021
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Guest Commentary: I Did Nothing Wrong. I Was Arrested Anyway.

By Robert Williams I never thought I would be a cautionary tale. More than that, I never thought I’d have ...

By Robert Williams I never thought I would be a cautionary tale. More than that, I never thought I’d have to explain to my daughters why their daddy got arrested in front of them on our front lawn. Ho ...

July 18, 2021
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Aside, Officers’ Superhuman Claims on Display

Posted by Genesis Guzman
|Date: July 18, 2021
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Aside, Officers’ Superhuman Claims on Display

By Marcia Barajas and Genesis Guzman WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a defendant thi ...

By Marcia Barajas and Genesis Guzman WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a defendant this past week on a technical legal issue—but apart from the legal argument, the most interesting ...

July 18, 2021
| by Genesis Guzman

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