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Orange County Public Defender Discusses Latest Evidence Scandal That Could Put Thousands of Cases in Question

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|Date: December 04, 2019
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Orange County Public Defender Discusses Latest Evidence Scandal That Could Put Thousands of Cases in Question

Two audits showed Orange County Sheriff’s deputies holding onto evidence for days and sometimes weeks or ...

Two audits showed Orange County Sheriff’s deputies holding onto evidence for days and sometimes weeks or longer before booking it. In addition, a separate audit showed evidence was missing. The resul ...

December 04, 2019
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Victim of DV Speaks Out against Cop Who Took Advantage of Her

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2019
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Victim of DV Speaks Out against Cop Who Took Advantage of Her

Back in February the Vanguard reported on the case of Andres Cordova, in which Yolo County Deputy DA Mich ...

Back in February the Vanguard reported on the case of Andres Cordova, in which Yolo County Deputy DA Michael Vroman hid evidence that former Woodland Police Officer Lear Lutrell had sex with a domesti ...

April 28, 2019
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DV Victim Taken Advantage of By Police Officer, DA’s Office Tries to Hide Evidence from Trial Court

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 04, 2019
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DV Victim Taken Advantage of By Police Officer, DA’s Office Tries to Hide Evidence from Trial Court

In December 2016, a jury convicted then 23-year-old Andres Cordova of attempted murder, a crime for which ...

In December 2016, a jury convicted then 23-year-old Andres Cordova of attempted murder, a crime for which he was later given 43 years to life. According to court records, Mr. Cordova was angry a ...

February 04, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: This Is What a Wrongful Conviction Looks Like

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: This Is What a Wrongful Conviction Looks Like

In the summer of 2009, the Vanguard still only a few years old, I got a call from a family to come out an ...

In the summer of 2009, the Vanguard still only a few years old, I got a call from a family to come out and meet with them at their home in Carmichael. Little did I realize at the time that this was o ...

February 11, 2018
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Velazquez Receives Life without Parole, but Judge Wants More in Gonzalez Motion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2018
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Velazquez Receives Life without Parole, but Judge Wants More in Gonzalez Motion

In early December, Alexis Velazquez was convicted of first degree murder along with special circumstances ...

In early December, Alexis Velazquez was convicted of first degree murder along with special circumstances and enhancements in the stabbing death of Ronald Antonio of Woodland in 2016. Family members g ...

January 27, 2018
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Judge Removes Death Penalty Option – Throws Down Gauntlet on Corrupt Officials in Orange County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2017
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Judge Removes Death Penalty Option – Throws Down Gauntlet on Corrupt Officials in Orange County

Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis back in 2014 to talk about the Scott ...

Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis back in 2014 to talk about the Scott Dekraai case and the sheriff’s informant scandal. Mr. Sanders first filed a motion in that cas ...

August 20, 2017
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Appellate Court Draws Line on Prosecutorial Misconduct in Blistering Ruling in OC Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 29, 2016
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Appellate Court Draws Line on Prosecutorial Misconduct in Blistering Ruling in OC Case

In 2014, Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis to discuss a case he had been d ...

In 2014, Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis to discuss a case he had been dealing with that was about to become a national story. In a death penalty case where the defen ...

November 29, 2016
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Eye on the Courts: California Cracking Down on Prosecutors Withholding Evidence

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2016
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Eye on the Courts: California Cracking Down on Prosecutors Withholding Evidence

A few weeks ago we presented the case of Oscar Cervantes, who has been sitting in prison for a decade in ...

A few weeks ago we presented the case of Oscar Cervantes, who has been sitting in prison for a decade in a case, with ample evidence that he had no involvement in the case. In 2006, when the Yolo Co ...

October 10, 2016
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Commentary: Is Harris Finally Going to Get Serious About Prosecutorial Misconduct in California?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2015
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Commentary: Is Harris Finally Going to Get Serious About Prosecutorial Misconduct in California?

Earlier this year, the LA Times ran a story where federal judges accused the California State Bar of turn ...

Earlier this year, the LA Times ran a story where federal judges accused the California State Bar of turning a blind eye to an "epidemic" of prosecutorial misconduct. At one point, Judge Alex Kozinski ...

May 15, 2015
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California Needs to Pass Law on Exculpatory Evidence

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2014
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California Needs to Pass Law on Exculpatory Evidence

By Barry Scheck and Laurie Levenson More than half a century ago, the Supreme Court established a rule th ...

By Barry Scheck and Laurie Levenson More than half a century ago, the Supreme Court established a rule that requires prosecutors to turn over to defense attorneys any evidence pointing to a defendant' ...

December 19, 2014
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Keynote Speaker Fights Battle Against Prosecutorial Misconduct in Orange County Capital Murder Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2014
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Keynote Speaker Fights Battle Against Prosecutorial Misconduct in Orange County Capital Murder Case

Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders acknowledges his client, Scott Dekraai, is guilty of b ...

Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders acknowledges his client, Scott Dekraai, is guilty of being the shooter in a 2011 Seal Beach salon massacre. However, he alleges that the Orange Count ...

November 04, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: The Pernicious Specter of Prosecutorial Misconduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: The Pernicious Specter of Prosecutorial Misconduct

A ruling this last week in Orange County shows just how high the bar has been set for the determination o ...

A ruling this last week in Orange County shows just how high the bar has been set for the determination of prosecutorial misconduct. While the judge found ample evidence that there were improprieties ...

August 11, 2014
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Orange County Public Defender Discusses Latest Evidence Scandal That Could Put Thousands of Cases in Question

Orange County Public Defender Discusses Latest Evidence Scandal That Could Put Thousands of Cases in Question

Victim of DV Speaks Out against Cop Who Took Advantage of Her

Victim of DV Speaks Out against Cop Who Took Advantage of Her

DV Victim Taken Advantage of By Police Officer, DA’s Office Tries to Hide Evidence from Trial Court

DV Victim Taken Advantage of By Police Officer, DA’s Office Tries to Hide Evidence from Trial Court

Sunday Commentary: This Is What a Wrongful Conviction Looks Like

Sunday Commentary: This Is What a Wrongful Conviction Looks Like

Velazquez Receives Life without Parole, but Judge Wants More in Gonzalez Motion

Velazquez Receives Life without Parole, but Judge Wants More in Gonzalez Motion

Judge Removes Death Penalty Option – Throws Down Gauntlet on Corrupt Officials in Orange County

Judge Removes Death Penalty Option – Throws Down Gauntlet on Corrupt Officials in Orange County

Appellate Court Draws Line on Prosecutorial Misconduct in Blistering Ruling in OC Case

Appellate Court Draws Line on Prosecutorial Misconduct in Blistering Ruling in OC Case

Eye on the Courts: California Cracking Down on Prosecutors Withholding Evidence

Eye on the Courts: California Cracking Down on Prosecutors Withholding Evidence

Commentary: Is Harris Finally Going to Get Serious About Prosecutorial Misconduct in California?

Commentary: Is Harris Finally Going to Get Serious About Prosecutorial Misconduct in California?

California Needs to Pass Law on Exculpatory Evidence

California Needs to Pass Law on Exculpatory Evidence

Keynote Speaker Fights Battle Against Prosecutorial Misconduct in Orange County Capital Murder Case

Keynote Speaker Fights Battle Against Prosecutorial Misconduct in Orange County Capital Murder Case

Eye on the Courts: The Pernicious Specter of Prosecutorial Misconduct

Eye on the Courts: The Pernicious Specter of Prosecutorial Misconduct

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