By David M. Greenwald With the call to defund the police, the Davis City Council last June appointed a subcommittee “to develop a proposed outreach plan/work plan relat...
by Michael Bisch I think we can all agree that 2020 has been a terribly devastating year in so many respects. A global pandemic, socio-economic devastation, destructive f...
By David Cole - Recent history suggests the justices don’t like being too out of step with the country — especially if they feel under scrutiny. So that’s our job: watch...
By Ruby Chavez WASHINGTON, D.C.- A recent Gallup Poll shows that many fewer Americans now believe the criminal justice system is “not tough enough” as compared to those p...
By Dylan Ferguson WOODLAND – A day before the holiday last week, Yolo County Superior Court Judge Peter Williams was not a happy camper. Not once, but twice. Attorney Joh...
By Linhchi Nguyen and Nickolas Kwok SACRAMENTO – Private Defense Attorney Kelly Babineau last week accused the Sacramento District Attorney’s Office of “abusing” th...
By Roxanna Jarvis SACRAMENTO – A mistake by the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department left one court-approved expert “pissed” after the department failed to p...
By Macy Lu SACRAMENTO – Arrested for crimes of alleged theft of a bicycle, assault and battery, and in possession of a loaded weapon, and methamphetamines in April...
STATE CAPITOL – Legislation that would greatly expand public access to peace officer records and penalize jurisdictions who don’t comply with the disclosures will be rein...
By Özge Terzioğlu This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporti...
By David M. Greenwald Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig last week put forward a five-point plan to reduce homelessness. While it contains some reasonable suggestions, the first...
by Matt Williams On Tuesday the Davis City Council will receive the “Reimagining Public Safety” public health and safety report prepared by the joint subcommittee of the...
By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Barry Scheck Prosecutorial misconduct played a role in 30 percent of cases from 1989 to 2019 that later resulted in exonerations. Against the...
Compiled by Özge Terzioğlu The Davis Vanguard is an online news forum that provides coverage of criminal justice reform and courts throughout California and the nation. I...
“Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are app...
By Macy Lu and Cailin Garcia WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sentencing Project released a new report titled “Incarcerated Women and Girls” just before Thanksgiving that revealed,...
By Jose Medina and Cailin Garcia WOODLAND – It was a tough call on the day before Thanksgiving for Yolo County Superior Court Judge Paul K. Richardson, who was asked to r...
By Alana Bleimann SACRAMENTO – Maybe it seemed like a good idea at the time, but a Sacramento man apparently tried to hide a narcotic smoking pipe inside his rectum after...
By Eric J. Trochez SACRAMENTO – When a man drove to a local park in the middle of the night to meet his “Tinder” date earlier this year, he got a little more than he barg...