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Commentary: Should Barr Step Down? 1100 Former Prosecutors Think So

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|Date: February 18, 2020
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Commentary: Should Barr Step Down? 1100 Former Prosecutors Think So

Over the weekend, more than 1100 former prosecutors and officials who served in both Republican and Democ ...

Over the weekend, more than 1100 former prosecutors and officials who served in both Republican and Democratic administrations, signed onto an open letter that condemned the president and the attorney ...

February 18, 2020
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Crashes, Injuries, Deaths: The Dangers of Police Chases

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|Date: January 19, 2020
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Crashes, Injuries, Deaths: The Dangers of Police Chases

By Vaidya Gullapalli Two recent investigative reporting series focus on the dangers of police vehicle pur ...

By Vaidya Gullapalli Two recent investigative reporting series focus on the dangers of police vehicle pursuits. Last month, the Asbury Park Press and USA Today Network looked at police chases in New J ...

January 19, 2020
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Vallejo: Police Kill With Near Impunity

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2019
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Vallejo: Police Kill With Near Impunity

By Darwin BondGraham Since 2010, no Vallejo officer has been disciplined for using deadly force, despite ...

By Darwin BondGraham Since 2010, no Vallejo officer has been disciplined for using deadly force, despite multiple shootings of unarmed people—including a man holding a can of beer. And active police u ...

December 19, 2019
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Sacramento Sheriff’s Dept. Scores ‘F’ in Police Violence Scorecard

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|Date: December 17, 2019
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Sacramento Sheriff’s Dept. Scores ‘F’ in Police Violence Scorecard

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The new Inspector General just hired by the ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The new Inspector General just hired by the Sacramento County of Supervisors to oversee the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Dept. may not know ...

December 17, 2019
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California to Become First State to Stop Charging Copays in Jails and Prisons after Governor Signs New Law

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|Date: October 13, 2019
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California to Become First State to Stop Charging Copays in Jails and Prisons after Governor Signs New Law

California to Become First State to Stop Charging Copays in Jails and Prisons After Governor Signs New La ...

California to Become First State to Stop Charging Copays in Jails and Prisons After Governor Signs New Law AB 45 will eliminate medical and dental copays for people incarcerated in California jails an ...

October 13, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Is a Reformer on Paper Only

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|Date: October 07, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Is a Reformer on Paper Only

If You Are Looking for Progressive Prosecution and Transformative Change, Look to the Grassroots like Kra ...

If You Are Looking for Progressive Prosecution and Transformative Change, Look to the Grassroots like Krasner, Rollins, Caban, Johansson, and Chesa Boudin It is an interesting article in the NY Times, ...

October 07, 2019
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Gascón to Resign as SF DA, Might Run for LA DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2019
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Gascón to Resign as SF DA, Might Run for LA DA

A move by San Francisco’s outgoing District Attorney, George Gascón, sets up a few very interesting moves ...

A move by San Francisco’s outgoing District Attorney, George Gascón, sets up a few very interesting moves. It could have a profound impact on both San Francisco’s office as well as that of Los Angeles ...

October 04, 2019
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Faced with Climate Activism, Law Enforcement Chooses to Crack Down on Protesters

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|Date: September 18, 2019
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Faced with Climate Activism, Law Enforcement Chooses to Crack Down on Protesters

By Vaidya Gullapalli Next Monday, the United Nations General Assembly convenes for a climate summit durin ...

By Vaidya Gullapalli Next Monday, the United Nations General Assembly convenes for a climate summit during which countries will describe their plans for slowing global temperature rise. In The Nation ...

September 18, 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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Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Plan Focuses on Her, Not Justice

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|Date: September 15, 2019
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Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Plan Focuses on Her, Not Justice

By Sarah Lustbader Sometimes it seems as if U.S. Senator Kamala Harris thinks we aren’t paying attention. ...

By Sarah Lustbader Sometimes it seems as if U.S. Senator Kamala Harris thinks we aren’t paying attention. She seems to assume that if she chooses the right words, the ones that are getting traction of ...

September 15, 2019
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California Can No Longer Force You to Help Law Enforcement

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|Date: September 11, 2019
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California Can No Longer Force You to Help Law Enforcement

By Sarah Lustbader “After 147 years, California residents are now free to turn down law enforcement offic ...

By Sarah Lustbader “After 147 years, California residents are now free to turn down law enforcement officials who ask for help with an arrest,” reported Jacey Fortin for the New York Times last week. ...

September 11, 2019
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Guest Commentary: The Public Safety Myth

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|Date: August 31, 2019
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Guest Commentary: The Public Safety Myth

By Rachael Rollins For time immemorial, we have been told that our communities are safer with each crimin ...

By Rachael Rollins For time immemorial, we have been told that our communities are safer with each criminal that our local law enforcement locks up—often for low-level offenses like drug possession, s ...

August 31, 2019
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Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 21, 2019
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Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Plan

Last week Bernie Sanders published his criminal justice reform plan. On Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren publis ...

Last week Bernie Sanders published his criminal justice reform plan. On Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren published hers – on Medium. “The United States makes up 5% of the world’s population, but nearly 20% ...

August 21, 2019
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Governor Newsom Signed AB 392, Police Threaten Slowdown

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|Date: August 21, 2019
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Governor Newsom Signed AB 392, Police Threaten Slowdown

A good day for police accountability reveals the 'us vs. them' mentality rampant in law enforcement By Sa ...

A good day for police accountability reveals the 'us vs. them' mentality rampant in law enforcement By Sarah Lustbader Yesterday seemed by all accounts a good day for police accountability. Scholars r ...

August 21, 2019
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Governor Signs Use-of-Force Bill to Require Police Use Deadly Force Only When Necessary

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|Date: August 20, 2019
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Governor Signs Use-of-Force Bill to Require Police Use Deadly Force Only When Necessary

California Families Celebrate as Governor Signs One of the Strongest Police Use of Force Laws in the Coun ...

California Families Celebrate as Governor Signs One of the Strongest Police Use of Force Laws in the Country Special To the Vanguard On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom, as expected, signed AB 392, autho ...

August 20, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sanders Lays Out Plan for Massive Overhaul of Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 19, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sanders Lays Out Plan for Massive Overhaul of Criminal Justice System

It was one of the shortcomings of his 2016 campaign, but it is a shortcoming no more as Bernie Sanders on ...

It was one of the shortcomings of his 2016 campaign, but it is a shortcoming no more as Bernie Sanders on Sunday unveiled perhaps the most ambitious plan for overhauling the criminal justice system – ...

August 19, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: What Are We Going to Do about Right Wing, Domestic Terrorism Manifesting as Gun Violence?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 04, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: What Are We Going to Do about Right Wing, Domestic Terrorism Manifesting as Gun Violence?

First it was Gilroy. Yesterday it was El Paso and last night Dayton. I am probably going to focus this ...

First it was Gilroy. Yesterday it was El Paso and last night Dayton. I am probably going to focus this more on El Paso at this point. There are lots of angles to this. A lot of tweets in response. ...

August 04, 2019
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Daniel Pantaleo Won’t Face Federal Charges. Will He Be Fired?

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|Date: July 18, 2019
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Daniel Pantaleo Won’t Face Federal Charges. Will He Be Fired?

by the Daily Appeal “Five years ago, my son said ‘I can’t breathe’ 11 times as officers placed him in a b ...

by the Daily Appeal “Five years ago, my son said ‘I can’t breathe’ 11 times as officers placed him in a banned chokehold and killed him. After patiently waiting, following the rules, hoping for accoun ...

July 18, 2019
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Sacramento Sheriff Releases Police Records, Courts Rule Even Old Files Are Reportable under New Law

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|Date: May 18, 2019
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Sacramento Sheriff Releases Police Records, Courts Rule Even Old Files Are Reportable under New Law

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – While the Davis Vanguard continues its stru ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – While the Davis Vanguard continues its struggle to get police records in the city of West Sacramento Galvan case, Yolo County Superior Cou ...

May 18, 2019
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Vanguard Sues West Sacramento for Release of Galvan Police Records

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 04, 2019
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Vanguard Sues West Sacramento for Release of Galvan Police Records

A 2011 Press Conference showed a poster with the extent of Ernesto Galvan's injury In the early morning h ...

A 2011 Press Conference showed a poster with the extent of Ernesto Galvan's injury In the early morning hours of June 14, 2005, officers from the West Sacramento Police Department spotted two individu ...

February 04, 2019
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