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Freedom Shouldn’t Depend on Your Bank Account Balance

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|Date: April 08, 2017
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Freedom Shouldn’t Depend on Your Bank Account Balance

By Mica Doctoroff Did you know that the median bail amount in California is $50,000? That’s just a little ...

By Mica Doctoroff Did you know that the median bail amount in California is $50,000? That’s just a little less than the state’s median income of $61,000. Now, can you imagine being locked up, accused ...

April 08, 2017
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ACLU Rallies for Freedom and Justice for All at State Capitol

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|Date: April 04, 2017
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ACLU Rallies for Freedom and Justice for All at State Capitol

400 ACLU members gathered for the organization’s annual conference to lobby lawmakers on bail reform, imm ...

400 ACLU members gathered for the organization’s annual conference to lobby lawmakers on bail reform, immigration, and religious freedom legislation (From Press Release)–Today, the ACLU of California ...

April 04, 2017
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Broad Coalition Supports Effort to Reform California’s Unfair and Costly Money Bail System

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|Date: March 28, 2017
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Broad Coalition Supports Effort to Reform California’s Unfair and Costly Money Bail System

Current System Exacerbates Racial and Economic Injustice and Does Not Keep Communities Safe (From Press R ...

Current System Exacerbates Racial and Economic Injustice and Does Not Keep Communities Safe (From Press Release)-A broad coalition of labor, economic justice, community-based, and civil liberties orga ...

March 28, 2017
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Tragic Death and the Criminal Injustice of Our Bail System

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|Date: March 16, 2017
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Tragic Death and the Criminal Injustice of Our Bail System

By Udi Ofer Over the last two weeks, Americans have revisited the tragic details of the death of 22-year- ...

By Udi Ofer Over the last two weeks, Americans have revisited the tragic details of the death of 22-year-old Kalief Browder. The documentary series “Time: The Kalief Browder Story,” airs its third of ...

March 16, 2017
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AG Harris Modifies Position on Bail, Calls It Unfair to Poor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2016
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AG Harris Modifies Position on Bail, Calls It Unfair to Poor

Back in June, California Attorney General Kamala Harris (now outgoing as the Senator-elect), who said in ...

Back in June, California Attorney General Kamala Harris (now outgoing as the Senator-elect), who said in a court filing that it was “constitutional for California to require criminal defendants to pos ...

December 14, 2016
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Phil Telfeyan Speaks about his Suit against Money Bail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2016
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Phil Telfeyan Speaks about his Suit against Money Bail

Jeff Adachi (right) poses next to Phil Telfeyan (left) and Vanguard Director David Greenwald (center) Sat ...

Jeff Adachi (right) poses next to Phil Telfeyan (left) and Vanguard Director David Greenwald (center) Saturday night marked a successful Vanguard Court Watch event with San Francisco Public Defender J ...

November 22, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Keynote Speaker Jeff Adachi Discusses Bail Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2016
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Keynote Speaker Jeff Adachi Discusses Bail Reform

Saturday night marked a successful Vanguard Court Watch event with San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Ada ...

Saturday night marked a successful Vanguard Court Watch event with San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi as the keynote speaker. Phil Telfeyan discussed the lawsuit against bail reform filed by h ...

November 21, 2016
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My View: Event Day is Finally Here

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2016
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My View: Event Day is Finally Here

This has definitely been an odd year from start to finish. The Vanguard, as a non-profit, has experience ...

This has definitely been an odd year from start to finish. The Vanguard, as a non-profit, has experienced a lot of good growth this year in terms of reach, readership, and budget. However, along wit ...

November 19, 2016
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Bail Reform Event Tomorrow – Fifty More Discounted Tickets Now Available

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 11, 2016
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Bail Reform Event Tomorrow – Fifty More Discounted Tickets Now Available

Readers - Tomorrow (Saturday, November 19), the Vanguard will host its annual dinner and fundraiser. Top ...

Readers - Tomorrow (Saturday, November 19), the Vanguard will host its annual dinner and fundraiser. Topic is bail reform (see below). The event features San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi as ...

November 11, 2016
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Innocent until proven guilty? Not in California

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|Date: November 05, 2016
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Innocent until proven guilty? Not in California

By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli As its name suggests, California’s cash bail system is all about the money. It ...

By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli As its name suggests, California’s cash bail system is all about the money. It rewards the haves and punishes the have-nots, disproportionately harming communities of color, ...

November 05, 2016
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Eye on the Court: Poster Case for Bail Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2016
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Eye on the Court: Poster Case for Bail Reform

Many have taken for granted the use of bail to allow the accused to be released, rather than serving thei ...

Many have taken for granted the use of bail to allow the accused to be released, rather than serving their pre-trial time in custody. But the push for reform has emerged because the system is inheren ...

October 31, 2016
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Federal Lawsuit to End Money Bail Presses Forward

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|Date: October 19, 2016
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Federal Lawsuit to End Money Bail Presses Forward

(From Press Release) — A class action lawsuit seeking to end the practice of money bail in San Francisco ...

(From Press Release) — A class action lawsuit seeking to end the practice of money bail in San Francisco will move forward against the city’s sheriff, a federal judge has ruled. United States District ...

October 19, 2016
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DOJ Argues Bail Schedules Unconstitutional, as Studies Reveal How Discriminatory Bail Is

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 23, 2016
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DOJ Argues Bail Schedules Unconstitutional, as Studies Reveal How Discriminatory Bail Is

The US Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in a Georgia case last week, challenging the use of fi ...

The US Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in a Georgia case last week, challenging the use of financial bail. The DOJ back in February of 2015 argued “that bail practices that incarcerate in ...

August 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Why Bail Reform Is One of the Most Critical Issues Facing the Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2016
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Sunday Commentary: Why Bail Reform Is One of the Most Critical Issues Facing the Criminal Justice System

On November 19, the Vanguard Court Watch’s annual dinner and fundraiser will feature San Francisco Public ...

On November 19, the Vanguard Court Watch’s annual dinner and fundraiser will feature San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, among others, speaking about the need for bail reform. While bail refor ...

July 31, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Contesting Bail to Take on Racial Disparities in SF Jail

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|Date: April 26, 2016
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Contesting Bail to Take on Racial Disparities in SF Jail

By Kamala Kelkar In San Francisco, black inmates are less likely than their white counterparts to get out ...

By Kamala Kelkar In San Francisco, black inmates are less likely than their white counterparts to get out of jail ahead of trial despite being more frequently eligible for release, according to a repo ...

April 26, 2016
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Commentary: Black Lives Matter and Civil Disobedience

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2016
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Commentary: Black Lives Matter and Civil Disobedience

Earlier this week a group of protesters blocked the Bay Bridge in a Black Lives Matter protest. It genera ...

Earlier this week a group of protesters blocked the Bay Bridge in a Black Lives Matter protest. It generated a lot of discussion here, including people questioning whether a group of protesters have t ...

January 22, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Lawsuit Seeks to End Money Bail System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 30, 2015
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Lawsuit Seeks to End Money Bail System

In a suit that figures to have widespread impact, potentially, to the legal system, a class action lawsui ...

In a suit that figures to have widespread impact, potentially, to the legal system, a class action lawsuit filed in federal court yesterday seeks to end the practice of money bail in San Francisco. Th ...

October 30, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Why Bail Reform Could Be the Key to Changing the System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 11, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Why Bail Reform Could Be the Key to Changing the System

Of all of the problems that face our current criminal justice system, one may have to go down the list to ...

Of all of the problems that face our current criminal justice system, one may have to go down the list to think about bail reform – however, it is both a bigger problem and a bigger inequity than one ...

May 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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