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Benefits, Lessons, and Optimal Strategies from Illinois Regarding How to End Cash Bail

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|Date: September 08, 2023
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Benefits, Lessons, and Optimal Strategies from Illinois Regarding How to End Cash Bail

By Audrey Sawyer CHICAGO, IL — The Illinois Supreme Court last month upheld the Illinois Pretrial Fairnes ...

By Audrey Sawyer CHICAGO, IL — The Illinois Supreme Court last month upheld the Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act, which eliminates cash bail in the state after the bill was approved by the legislature ...

September 08, 2023
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City of Pomona Sued after Citing, Fining Non-Profit for Wall Art Critical of Abusive Police

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|Date: August 29, 2023
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City of Pomona Sued after Citing, Fining Non-Profit for Wall Art Critical of Abusive Police

By Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – The city of Pomona is being sued after it cited and fined a community ...

By Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – The city of Pomona is being sued after it cited and fined a community group for displaying on public-facing exterior walls pieces of art that say "end institutional ...

August 29, 2023
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Trump Indicted Tuesday for 3rd Time – Charges for Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election Results

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|Date: August 02, 2023
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Trump Indicted Tuesday for 3rd Time – Charges for Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election Results

By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC - More than two and a half years after a pro-Donald Trump mob stormed the ...

By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC - More than two and a half years after a pro-Donald Trump mob stormed the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, in what is known to be the worst attack on Congress since the War of 1 ...

August 02, 2023
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Opinion: Liberals As Wrong As Segregationists, Arguing President Can Defy SCOTUS

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|Date: July 27, 2023
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Opinion: Liberals As Wrong As Segregationists, Arguing President Can Defy SCOTUS

By The Vanguard WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a recent open letter, The Hill reports Harvard law professor Mark ...

By The Vanguard WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a recent open letter, The Hill reports Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet and San Francisco State University political scientist Aaron Belkin “called upon Presid ...

July 27, 2023
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Los Angeles Courts Announce Major Bail Reform, Calling Pretrial Rules ‘Safe and Fair’ for ‘Most Non-Violent, Non-Serious Felonies, Misdemeanors’ – Takes Effect Oct. 1

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|Date: July 20, 2023
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Los Angeles Courts Announce Major Bail Reform, Calling Pretrial Rules ‘Safe and Fair’ for ‘Most Non-Violent, Non-Serious Felonies, Misdemeanors’ – Takes Effect Oct. 1

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – The Los Angeles County Superior Court Wednesday OK’d a new “safe ...

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – The Los Angeles County Superior Court Wednesday OK’d a new “safe and fair” bail schedule—to take effect Oct. 1—based on a accused’s “risk to public or victim sa ...

July 20, 2023
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Defense Lawyers for Man on Death Row Issue Censure of Prosecutors and Judge Following Recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Ruling

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|Date: July 02, 2023
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Defense Lawyers for Man on Death Row Issue Censure of Prosecutors and Judge Following Recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Ruling

By Claire Hsu AUSTIN, TX - The attorney for Rodney Reed and the Innocence Project last week issued state ...

By Claire Hsu AUSTIN, TX - The attorney for Rodney Reed and the Innocence Project last week issued statements censuring the judge and prosecutors who prosecuted his initial trial, following the recen ...

July 02, 2023
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Alabama’s 30-Hour Rule Won’t Fix State’s Execution Problems, Charges ‘Just Mercy’ Author

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|Date: June 25, 2023
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Alabama’s 30-Hour Rule Won’t Fix State’s Execution Problems, Charges ‘Just Mercy’ Author

By The Vanguard Staff MONTGOMERY, AL – The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mer ...

By The Vanguard Staff MONTGOMERY, AL – The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy —the story of an innocent man on Alabama’s death row—charged a “new rule allowing more time ...

June 25, 2023
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Snowden Attorney Speaks at UCD Law School about Democracy in an Era of Mass Surveillance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2016
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Snowden Attorney Speaks at UCD Law School about Democracy in an Era of Mass Surveillance

On Tuesday, Ben Wizner, an ACLU attorney best known for representing Edward Snowden, was a speaker at the ...

On Tuesday, Ben Wizner, an ACLU attorney best known for representing Edward Snowden, was a speaker at the UC Davis Law School’s speaker series on surveillance, talking about the Edward Snowden case – ...

February 26, 2016
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Sunday Commentary II: Why Drones Are Potentially a Threat to Privacy and Worse

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 23, 2014
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Sunday Commentary II: Why Drones Are Potentially a Threat to Privacy and Worse

In 2011 the ACLU in a report wrote, “Unmanned aircraft carrying cameras raise the prospect of a significa ...

In 2011 the ACLU in a report wrote, “Unmanned aircraft carrying cameras raise the prospect of a significant new avenue for the surveillance of American life.” As the report noted, “Aerial surveillanc ...

November 23, 2014
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POLITICO Story: Whistleblower Terminated for Complaining about Environmental Impacts of Freeway Expansion Project

Commentary: College Education and Life Expectancy Linkages – Two Americas, Those Who Have and Those Who Do Not Have

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 219: Danielle Harris, Vanguard Justice Award Winner

VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: What They See

Deep Dive into Louisiana’s Death Row Statistics and Examination of Five Clemency Petitions Scheduled for Review in October

COURT WATCH: Big Questions in DUI Trial – Inconsistent Tech, Faulty Tests, Another CHP Officer without Body Cam Footage Testifies in One-Eyed Man’s Case

COURT WATCH: Public Defender Files Second Racial Justice Act Motion for Black Accused – Cites Prosecution Due to ‘Racial Animus’

Subcommittee Proposes Changes to ‘Rubric’ Formula

Man Dies in Hail of Sacramento Police Bullets – NAACP Branch Demands Independent Investigation, Calls Shooting Death ‘Not an Accident’

Prominent Black, LGBTQ, and Elected Leaders on Appointment of Laphonza Butler to U.S. Senate

Benefits, Lessons, and Optimal Strategies from Illinois Regarding How to End Cash Bail

Benefits, Lessons, and Optimal Strategies from Illinois Regarding How to End Cash Bail

City of Pomona Sued after Citing, Fining Non-Profit for Wall Art Critical of Abusive Police

City of Pomona Sued after Citing, Fining Non-Profit for Wall Art Critical of Abusive Police

Trump Indicted Tuesday for 3rd Time – Charges for Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election Results

Trump Indicted Tuesday for 3rd Time – Charges for Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election Results

Opinion: Liberals As Wrong As Segregationists, Arguing President Can Defy SCOTUS

Opinion: Liberals As Wrong As Segregationists, Arguing President Can Defy SCOTUS

Defense Lawyers for Man on Death Row Issue Censure of Prosecutors and Judge Following Recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Ruling

Defense Lawyers for Man on Death Row Issue Censure of Prosecutors and Judge Following Recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Ruling

Alabama’s 30-Hour Rule Won’t Fix State’s Execution Problems, Charges ‘Just Mercy’ Author

Alabama’s 30-Hour Rule Won’t Fix State’s Execution Problems, Charges ‘Just Mercy’ Author

Snowden Attorney Speaks at UCD Law School about Democracy in an Era of Mass Surveillance

Snowden Attorney Speaks at UCD Law School about Democracy in an Era of Mass Surveillance

Sunday Commentary II: Why Drones Are Potentially a Threat to Privacy and Worse

Sunday Commentary II: Why Drones Are Potentially a Threat to Privacy and Worse

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