The criminal justice reform movement is worried about the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak hitting the prisons and jails. The results have been slow—in places like...
Decisive action by governors and the President now can save lives — of incarcerated people, correctional and medical personnel, and nearby community members. Busine...
The scope of the response by the city has been largely unprecedented. Businesses are closed. The downtown, even during peak hours, is almost empty. Schools are cancele...
President Trump this week tried to make the case that we should reopen the country for business by Easter. Experts of course were alarmed by this idea, and it probably w...
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SAN FRANCISCO – The COVID-19 inspired “stay at home” order in California has had some unintended consequences, and one of...
Meanwhile our Major Arterial Roadways Deteriorate into 3rd-World Condition by Alan Pryor The following email was sent to the Davis City Council prior to last Tuesday...
Michael Dougherty came to Boulder from Manhattan and worked as a deputy in the DA’s office for nearly 20 years before being appointed in 2018 to replace the long ti...
Jason Brown, who has worked in several parish DA’s offices, was accused of using illegal tactics to win at least one case before arriving in Calcasieu Parish, where...
At the onset to Tuesday’s meeting, four individuals during public comment pushed for the council to consider hearing only emergency items. That cry got louder afte...
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – In a story first reported in THE VANGUARD earlier this week, hundreds of inmates from the Sacramento C...
(From Press Release – City of Davis) – The City of Davis announced today that the Davis City Council voted unanimously to adopt an urgency ordinance that states that re...
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief MARYSVILLE – Yuba County Jail – the scene of hunger strikes and rallies protesting inhumane conditions and mistreat...
Over the course of the last several months, we have spoken to a few dozen progressive prosecution candidates and prosecutors that have already been elected. The discussi...
It seemed to start off all right—the councilmembers found themselves able to participate at the start of the meeting. The trouble started toward the end of the regular p...
Yolo County Public Health Officer Ron Chapman has been running the show in terms of the Yolo County response to the COVID-19 threat. Last week, he issued a countywide he...
Newsom Issues Executive Order on Prison, Stops Short of Release Governor Gavin Newsom and local officials deserve a lot of credit for their response thus far to COVID-19....
by David Greenwald Justice Department officials have drafted a potential new law that would delay, perhaps indefinitely, court hearings and extend speedy trial provisions...
(The following is a letter from a group of criminal justice reform groups seeking the President to Commute Federal sentences for vulnerable federal prison populations...
The city is on lockdown, city hall is closed to the public, the council meets tonight by remote technology, and the Vanguard will have a series of articles talking to eac...
On Monday in a major turn in the law, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state of Kansas and against a man who argued the state law violated his constitutional ri...