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Poor People’s Campaign Bus Tour in Capitol – Calls Stephon Clark Killing ‘Lynching’

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|Date: April 05, 2019
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Poor People’s Campaign Bus Tour in Capitol – Calls Stephon Clark Killing ‘Lynching’

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Poor People’s Campaign – a national org ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Poor People’s Campaign – a national organization dedicated to continuing the work of Martin Luther King Jr. and that last summer stage ...

April 05, 2019
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Sacramento Sheriff Reluctantly Agrees to Give Up Internal Documents After Court Decision – Activists Have Doubts

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|Date: April 05, 2019
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Sacramento Sheriff Reluctantly Agrees to Give Up Internal Documents After Court Decision – Activists Have Doubts

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones – who ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones – who has a deserved reputation of refusing to provide information to the public and news media – wa ...

April 05, 2019
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State of Civil Rights in Sacramento Panel Paints Dismal Picture

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|Date: April 02, 2019
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State of Civil Rights in Sacramento Panel Paints Dismal Picture

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Social justice leaders and civil rights law ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Social justice leaders and civil rights lawyers didn’t try to put a positive spin on the state of police shootings here at a “State of Civ ...

April 02, 2019
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The Next Step in Criminal Justice Reform: Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes

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|Date: April 02, 2019
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The Next Step in Criminal Justice Reform: Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes

Half of U.S. prison population serving time for a violent offense Report features reforms in 19 states ov ...

Half of U.S. prison population serving time for a violent offense Report features reforms in 19 states over 20 years with more effective responses to violent crime (From Press Release) – As the White ...

April 02, 2019
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Front and Center in the 2020 Presidential Race

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|Date: April 01, 2019
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Front and Center in the 2020 Presidential Race

By Ronald Newman Jose Ivan Parga is a member of a multi-status, Mexican-immigrant family in Minnesota. Ev ...

By Ronald Newman Jose Ivan Parga is a member of a multi-status, Mexican-immigrant family in Minnesota. Even though he is a citizen, every day he witnesses the fear and uncertainty that his extended fa ...

April 01, 2019
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Judge Authorizes San Francisco to Release Records in Police Killings and Misconduct cases

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|Date: March 31, 2019
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Judge Authorizes San Francisco to Release Records in Police Killings and Misconduct cases

(From Press Release) - Today, a judge authorized the release of all records of San Francisco police offic ...

(From Press Release) - Today, a judge authorized the release of all records of San Francisco police officers involved in shootings, killings and other serious misconduct, as legally required under SB ...

March 31, 2019
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Dolores Huerta Draws Attention to Latinos Killed by the Police in Pushing For AB 392

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|Date: March 30, 2019
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Dolores Huerta Draws Attention to Latinos Killed by the Police in Pushing For AB 392

While much of the attention in recent years has focused on African Americans killed in disproportionate n ...

While much of the attention in recent years has focused on African Americans killed in disproportionate numbers by the police, longtime civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, in a recent op-ed in the Sac ...

March 30, 2019
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Opinion on the Death Penalty Shifting; Two California Supreme Court Justices Slam the State of the Death Penalty

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|Date: March 29, 2019
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Opinion on the Death Penalty Shifting; Two California Supreme Court Justices Slam the State of the Death Penalty

A few weeks after Governor Gavin Newsom put a moratorium on the death penalty, there are signs that publi ...

A few weeks after Governor Gavin Newsom put a moratorium on the death penalty, there are signs that public opinion is starting to shift. A poll by the Public Policy Institute of California was just r ...

March 29, 2019
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California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Stronger Consumer Privacy Protections, New Data Shows

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|Date: March 29, 2019
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California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Stronger Consumer Privacy Protections, New Data Shows

(From Press Release) - New polling released today shows that Californians from all walks of life and all ...

(From Press Release) - New polling released today shows that Californians from all walks of life and all parts of the state support legislation to strengthen consumer privacy protections. Across race, ...

March 29, 2019
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Court Rules State Violating Due Process Rights of Defendants with Psychiatric and Intellectual Disabilities

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|Date: March 27, 2019
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Court Rules State Violating Due Process Rights of Defendants with Psychiatric and Intellectual Disabilities

Treatment delays are unconstitutional (From Press Release) - A judge has ruled that the Department of Sta ...

Treatment delays are unconstitutional (From Press Release) - A judge has ruled that the Department of State Hospitals and Department of Developmental Services are violating the due-process rights of d ...

March 27, 2019
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Guest Commentary: One Simple Way To Hold Bad Prosecutors Accountable

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|Date: March 25, 2019
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Guest Commentary: One Simple Way To Hold Bad Prosecutors Accountable

By Jeff Adachi and Peter Calloway State bar organizations have the power to discipline prosecutors, but t ...

By Jeff Adachi and Peter Calloway State bar organizations have the power to discipline prosecutors, but they studiously ignore bad behavior. A man is accused of stealing a laptop. On the prosecutor’s ...

March 25, 2019
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People Are Charged with Crimes that Waste Taxpayers’ Money and Prosecutors’ Time

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|Date: March 24, 2019
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People Are Charged with Crimes that Waste Taxpayers’ Money and Prosecutors’ Time

By Rahsaan Hall America’s growing awareness of mass incarceration and the over-incarceration of people of ...

By Rahsaan Hall America’s growing awareness of mass incarceration and the over-incarceration of people of color has sparked something nationwide: From Birmingham to Boston, voters are electing progres ...

March 24, 2019
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Why School Psychologists Are Worried About the Mental Health of America’s Students

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|Date: March 23, 2019
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Why School Psychologists Are Worried About the Mental Health of America’s Students

By Angela Mann Earlier this month, thousands of school psychologists met in Atlanta at the annual convent ...

By Angela Mann Earlier this month, thousands of school psychologists met in Atlanta at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. One of the hottest topics among attend ...

March 23, 2019
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ACLU Sues over Surveillance Records of Black Activists

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|Date: March 22, 2019
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ACLU Sues over Surveillance Records of Black Activists

By Nusrat Choudhury and Malkia Cyril At a time when violence by white supremacists is on the rise, the FB ...

By Nusrat Choudhury and Malkia Cyril At a time when violence by white supremacists is on the rise, the FBI appears to be targeting Black people in a secret intelligence program concerning so-called “B ...

March 22, 2019
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Will Colorado Be the Next State to Abolish the Death Penalty?

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|Date: March 21, 2019
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Will Colorado Be the Next State to Abolish the Death Penalty?

By Denise Maes and Helen Griffiths In July 2012, Coloradans were devastated by the now-infamous murder of ...

By Denise Maes and Helen Griffiths In July 2012, Coloradans were devastated by the now-infamous murder of 12 moviegoers in the town of Aurora. Despite the trauma and grief that crime caused, a local j ...

March 21, 2019
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ACLU of California Launches Radio Ad Campaign in Support of AB 392 to Reduce Number of Police Shootings

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|Date: March 20, 2019
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ACLU of California Launches Radio Ad Campaign in Support of AB 392 to Reduce Number of Police Shootings

(From Press Release)–One year after the tragic shooting death of Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s backy ...

(From Press Release)–One year after the tragic shooting death of Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s backyard in Sacramento, the ACLU of California is launching an advertising buy in support of legisla ...

March 20, 2019
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Big Protest, Promised Civil Rights Lawsuit Highlight Stephon Clark’s Killing by Police

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|Date: March 19, 2019
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Big Protest, Promised Civil Rights Lawsuit Highlight Stephon Clark’s Killing by Police

A determined throng of about 400 demonstrators marked the first anniversary of unarmed Stephon Clark’s ki ...

A determined throng of about 400 demonstrators marked the first anniversary of unarmed Stephon Clark’s killing by city of Sacramento police officers Monday night with a nearly three-mile march through ...

March 19, 2019
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Can Prosecutors Dismiss Jurors for Agreeing with the O.J. Simpson Verdict?

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|Date: March 19, 2019
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Can Prosecutors Dismiss Jurors for Agreeing with the O.J. Simpson Verdict?

By Cassandra Stubbs Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on executions in California has highlighted the pernic ...

By Cassandra Stubbs Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on executions in California has highlighted the pernicious role race has played in who gets the death penalty in that state. In a case now awaiting r ...

March 19, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Officer Response to Protests Shows the Police Still Don’t Get It

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|Date: March 18, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Officer Response to Protests Shows the Police Still Don’t Get It

Two weeks ago, the Sacramento County DA declared that the officers in the Stephon Clark killing feared fo ...

Two weeks ago, the Sacramento County DA declared that the officers in the Stephon Clark killing feared for their lives and “acted lawfully under the circumstances.” Thus she argued that the shooting w ...

March 18, 2019
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Supreme Court Decision Didn’t End Civil Asset Forfeiture

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|Date: March 17, 2019
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Supreme Court Decision Didn’t End Civil Asset Forfeiture

By Emma Andersson The 84 percent of Americans who oppose civil asset forfeiture can be forgiven for havin ...

By Emma Andersson The 84 percent of Americans who oppose civil asset forfeiture can be forgiven for having the impression that the U.S. Supreme Court ended abusive use of this practice last month in T ...

March 17, 2019
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