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Prosecutors Have the Power to Stop Bad Roadside Drug Tests

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|Date: March 03, 2019
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Prosecutors Have the Power to Stop Bad Roadside Drug Tests

By Sagiv Galai Three years ago on New Year’s Eve, Dasha Fincher was arrested in Monroe County, Georgia, a ...

By Sagiv Galai Three years ago on New Year’s Eve, Dasha Fincher was arrested in Monroe County, Georgia, after the deputies performed an on-the-spot test of a bag of blue substance that they found in t ...

March 03, 2019
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Auditor Report Finds Yolo Subsidized ORR Juvenile Detentions to the Tune of $700,000; However Yolo Has Already Corrected the Problem

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|Date: March 02, 2019
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Auditor Report Finds Yolo Subsidized ORR Juvenile Detentions to the Tune of $700,000; However Yolo Has Already Corrected the Problem

In a report that came out this week, California State Auditor Elaine Howle found that Yolo County “has su ...

In a report that came out this week, California State Auditor Elaine Howle found that Yolo County “has substantially subsidized segments of the (ORR) program,” based on an examination of the Yolo Coun ...

March 02, 2019
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Two Arrested in ‘Peace Strike’ at Beale AFB Protesting US Intervention in Venezuela

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|Date: March 02, 2019
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Two Arrested in ‘Peace Strike’ at Beale AFB Protesting US Intervention in Venezuela

Friday two more protestors walked onto base property, and were promptly arrested, released and given a ci ...

Friday two more protestors walked onto base property, and were promptly arrested, released and given a citation to face federal trespassing charges that could lead to six months in federal prison. ...

March 02, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Church Family Matters of the Heart

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|Date: March 02, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Church Family Matters of the Heart

By Brandon Austin, M.Div., Psy. D. If “Justice too long delayed is justice denied,” as MLK, jr. once wrot ...

By Brandon Austin, M.Div., Psy. D. If “Justice too long delayed is justice denied,” as MLK, jr. once wrote in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, then my LGBTQIA siblings have been living with injustic ...

March 02, 2019
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SC Rules against Excessive Fines, Fees, and Forfeitures

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|Date: March 01, 2019
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SC Rules against Excessive Fines, Fees, and Forfeitures

By Nusrat Choudhury and Orion Dnjuma Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous ruling in ...

By Nusrat Choudhury and Orion Dnjuma Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous ruling in Timbs v. Indiana, holding for the first time that the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause ...

March 01, 2019
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Thousands Show Up for Vigil for Fallen Leader Jeff Adachi

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|Date: February 28, 2019
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Thousands Show Up for Vigil for Fallen Leader Jeff Adachi

It has been less than a week since the stunning news of the death of Jeff Adachi, and on Wednesday night ...

It has been less than a week since the stunning news of the death of Jeff Adachi, and on Wednesday night thousands of people packed the streets in front of the Public Defender’s Office in San Francisc ...

February 28, 2019
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Key Capitol Committee Outlaws Healthcare Copayments for State Prisons and County Jails

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|Date: February 27, 2019
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Key Capitol Committee Outlaws Healthcare Copayments for State Prisons and County Jails

Co-Pays Are Required At Embattled Sacramento Facilities By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau ...

Co-Pays Are Required At Embattled Sacramento Facilities By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Healthcare – or the lack of it – is important to every segment of society, from y ...

February 27, 2019
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Another Apparent High-Profile DWB Traffic Stop Ends with No Citation, but Children Put at Risk

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|Date: February 26, 2019
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Another Apparent High-Profile DWB Traffic Stop Ends with No Citation, but Children Put at Risk

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Another apparent “Driving While Black” inci ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Another apparent “Driving While Black” incident here – the second high-profile one in recent months – is making the news because the longt ...

February 26, 2019
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging National Emergency Declaration

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|Date: February 21, 2019
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging National Emergency Declaration

Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition (From Press Release) - T ...

Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition (From Press Release) - The American Civil Liberties Union, Sierra Club, ACLU of Texas, and ACLU of Northern California ...

February 21, 2019
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Sacramento Police Mislead with Claim of No Arrests at Stephon Clark Protests

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|Date: February 20, 2019
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Sacramento Police Mislead with Claim of No Arrests at Stephon Clark Protests

Court Files Show At Least 14 Arrested By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City ...

Court Files Show At Least 14 Arrested By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City police officials here – girding for what is expected to be massive street protests if Sacrament ...

February 20, 2019
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16 States File Lawsuit Challenging President Trump’s Contrived Declaration of National Emergency at the Southern Border

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|Date: February 19, 2019
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16 States File Lawsuit Challenging President Trump’s Contrived Declaration of National Emergency at the Southern Border

Fifteen states join California to block Trump’s fabricated emergency and unlawful diversion of Congressio ...

Fifteen states join California to block Trump’s fabricated emergency and unlawful diversion of Congressionally-appropriated funding to pay for his border wall (From Press Release) – California Governo ...

February 19, 2019
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Policing For Profit

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|Date: February 18, 2019
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Policing For Profit

By Emma Anderson and Susan Dunn In Conway, South Carolina, a 72-year-old widow hides inside, her curtains ...

By Emma Anderson and Susan Dunn In Conway, South Carolina, a 72-year-old widow hides inside, her curtains drawn, fearing that local law enforcement will attempt to take away her home for a third time. ...

February 18, 2019
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ACLU Backed Legislation Would Open Prosecutor’s Records

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|Date: February 17, 2019
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ACLU Backed Legislation Would Open Prosecutor’s Records

By Nicole Zayas Fortier America’s locally elected prosecutors wield enormous and, all too often, unaccoun ...

By Nicole Zayas Fortier America’s locally elected prosecutors wield enormous and, all too often, unaccountable power. They have the authority to reinforce mass incarceration and racial disparities in ...

February 17, 2019
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There Is No ‘National Emergency’ at the Border, and Trump’s Declaration Is Illegal

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|Date: February 16, 2019
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There Is No ‘National Emergency’ at the Border, and Trump’s Declaration Is Illegal

By Cecilia Wang After more than a month of threats, a government shutdown, and bipartisan action by Congr ...

By Cecilia Wang After more than a month of threats, a government shutdown, and bipartisan action by Congress, President Trump has finally declared a national emergency to spend billions of taxpayer do ...

February 16, 2019
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The Supreme Court Is Playing Favorites with Religion

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|Date: February 13, 2019
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The Supreme Court Is Playing Favorites with Religion

By Daniel Mach Last week, the Supreme Court permitted the state of Alabama to execute a Muslim man, Domin ...

By Daniel Mach Last week, the Supreme Court permitted the state of Alabama to execute a Muslim man, Domineque Ray, without his religious advisor present. The court’s 5-4 decision reversed an emergency ...

February 13, 2019
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Dozens of Migrant ICE Detainees Announce Hunger Strike to Protest ‘Brutal’ Jail Conditions

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|Date: February 11, 2019
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Dozens of Migrant ICE Detainees Announce Hunger Strike to Protest ‘Brutal’ Jail Conditions

By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Immigrant rights organizations called out “b ...

By Crescenzo VellucciVanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Immigrant rights organizations called out “brutal” and “inhumane” conditions for migrant ICE detainees in Northern California – and announc ...

February 11, 2019
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When Colleges Confine Free Speech to a ‘Zone,’ It Isn’t Free

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|Date: February 11, 2019
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When Colleges Confine Free Speech to a ‘Zone,’ It Isn’t Free

By Emerson Sykes and Vera Eidelman On certain college campuses, administrators have created “Free Speech ...

By Emerson Sykes and Vera Eidelman On certain college campuses, administrators have created “Free Speech Zones” — spaces where people are allowed to speak, protest, or gather signatures for causes the ...

February 11, 2019
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New Bill Limits When California Police Can Use Deadly Force

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|Date: February 09, 2019
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New Bill Limits When California Police Can Use Deadly Force

By Lizzy Buchen As a nation, we must address the brutal reality and deadly consequences of police violenc ...

By Lizzy Buchen As a nation, we must address the brutal reality and deadly consequences of police violence. We have seen far too many people, particularly Black and brown people, killed by police. We ...

February 09, 2019
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Pennsylvania Can’t Be a Model for Reform if We Undermine People’s Rights

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|Date: February 08, 2019
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Pennsylvania Can’t Be a Model for Reform if We Undermine People’s Rights

By Andy Hoover Elected officials and corrections administrators in Pennsylvania have been doing a bit of ...

By Andy Hoover Elected officials and corrections administrators in Pennsylvania have been doing a bit of a victory lap after the recent announcement that our state prison population dropped by 1,000 p ...

February 08, 2019
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Lawmakers Bring Back Bill to Stop Deadly Police Shootings

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|Date: February 07, 2019
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Lawmakers Bring Back Bill to Stop Deadly Police Shootings

Photo courtesy of the LA Times The California Act to Save Lives aligns closely with both California and O ...

Photo courtesy of the LA Times The California Act to Save Lives aligns closely with both California and Obama departments of justice recommendations on police use of force; will update California law ...

February 07, 2019
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