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Reisig Accused of Prosecutorial Misconduct in Gonzalez Case That Was Overturned This Week

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|Date: March 24, 2022
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Reisig Accused of Prosecutorial Misconduct in Gonzalez Case That Was Overturned This Week

By Robert J. Hansen The Third Appellate District Court reversed the second-degree murder conviction of Ju ...

By Robert J. Hansen The Third Appellate District Court reversed the second-degree murder conviction of Justin Gonzalez on Tuesday. The Court’s decision to reverse the murder conviction was “really spe ...

March 24, 2022
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Commentary: Spitzer Continues His Campaign of Attacking LA, As Questions Swirl Around His Own Racially Insensitive Conduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 18, 2022
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Commentary: Spitzer Continues His Campaign of Attacking LA, As Questions Swirl Around His Own Racially Insensitive Conduct

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Todd Spitzer keeps running the same campaign a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Todd Spitzer keeps running the same campaign as though nothing has happened, which not only leaves serious questions about his office sitting ...

February 18, 2022
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Orange County DA Forced to Fire Senior Level Prosecutor Due to Misconduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2022
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Orange County DA Forced to Fire Senior Level Prosecutor Due to Misconduct

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Last summer the Vanguard reported that Judge D ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Last summer the Vanguard reported that Judge Donahue was asked by the DA’s office to throw out the 2010 conviction of Paul Gentile Smith for ...

February 10, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Will California’s District Attorneys and Courts Be Held Accountable for Brady Violations?

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|Date: January 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Will California’s District Attorneys and Courts Be Held Accountable for Brady Violations?

by Robert J Hansen California prosecutors for years have regularly withheld evidence from defense attorne ...

by Robert J Hansen California prosecutors for years have regularly withheld evidence from defense attorneys that, had it been disclosed, would have ruined their cases. This withholding of exculpatory ...

January 21, 2022
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Orange County Judge Nailed by Commission on Judicial Performance For Alleged Brady Violations While a Prosecutor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 13, 2022
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Orange County Judge Nailed by Commission on Judicial Performance For Alleged Brady Violations While a Prosecutor

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Commission on Judicial Performance (CJP) last week issued a no ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Commission on Judicial Performance (CJP) last week issued a notice of formal proceedings against Judge Michael Murray of Orange County noting allegations tha ...

January 13, 2022
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My View: “Isn’t that Appalling to Justice?”

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 09, 2020
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My View: “Isn’t that Appalling to Justice?”

Is Justice Even Possible 44 Years Later? Innocent until proven guilty. That’s the hallmark of our just ...

Is Justice Even Possible 44 Years Later? Innocent until proven guilty. That’s the hallmark of our justice system. But what happens when justice becomes injustice and the innocent become wrongly co ...

May 09, 2020
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Anand Jon’s Path to Freedom: A San Diego Meeting with Assemblymember Weber

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 09, 2020
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Anand Jon’s Path to Freedom: A San Diego Meeting with Assemblymember Weber

On February 19, 2020, I received an invitation from the American Justice Alliance organization to be part ...

On February 19, 2020, I received an invitation from the American Justice Alliance organization to be part a panel to meet with the Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber of San Diego on March 6, 2020. So la ...

March 09, 2020
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Orange County Public Defender Discusses Latest Evidence Scandal That Could Put Thousands of Cases in Question

Posted by David Greenwald
|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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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