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Eye on the Court: Does a 52 Years to Life Sentence Violate Constitutional Rights of Marsh?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2014
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Eye on the Court: Does a 52 Years to Life Sentence Violate Constitutional Rights of Marsh?

Listening to our keynote speaker this weekend talk about his case in Orange County where very egregious m ...

Listening to our keynote speaker this weekend talk about his case in Orange County where very egregious misconduct occurred, regarding a clearly and admittedly guilty individual, got me thinking back ...

November 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Speech at 2014 Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Prosecutorial Misconduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2014
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Speech at 2014 Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Prosecutorial Misconduct

The following was my speech on prosecutorial misconduct delivered last night at the Fourth Annual Vanguar ...

The following was my speech on prosecutorial misconduct delivered last night at the Fourth Annual Vanguard Dinner and Awards Ceremony. The problem of prosecutorial misconduct has not received nearly e ...

November 16, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Book Paints Daniel Marsh Killing in Most Sensational Light

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 15, 2014
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Commentary: Book Paints Daniel Marsh Killing in Most Sensational Light

When Lloyd Billingsley wrote an op-ed back in late September following the trial of Daniel Marsh, it was ...

When Lloyd Billingsley wrote an op-ed back in late September following the trial of Daniel Marsh, it was stunning to read such an overly-sensational column that likened Daniel Marsh to a “superpredato ...

November 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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TODAY JOIN US FOR THE Prosecutorial Misconduct Event – November 15

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2014
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TODAY JOIN US FOR THE Prosecutorial Misconduct Event – November 15

Join us on November 15, for a discussion on Prosecutorial Misconduct, featuring keynote speaker Scott San ...

Join us on November 15, for a discussion on Prosecutorial Misconduct, featuring keynote speaker Scott Sanders. Sanders is a deputy public defender in Orange County who has been fighting a case where p ...

November 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Motion Claims State’s Cheating Compels Court to Block Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 11, 2014
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Motion Claims State’s Cheating Compels Court to Block Death Penalty

Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders, who will speak at the Vanguard’s event on Saturday, f ...

Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders, who will speak at the Vanguard’s event on Saturday, filed a motion last week that indicates he has uncovered “additional efforts by the Orange Count ...

November 11, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Analysis: How Prop. 47 Changes Prosecution of Petty Theft and Drug Laws

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 10, 2014
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Vanguard Analysis: How Prop. 47 Changes Prosecution of Petty Theft and Drug Laws

In March of 2010, Robert Ferguson was sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison for stealing a ...

In March of 2010, Robert Ferguson was sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison for stealing a $3.99 package of shredded cheese from the Woodland Nugget Market. For a time, Mr. Ferguson face ...

November 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2014
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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectivenes ...

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectiveness of mass incarceration. Following the passage of Prop. 36 in 2012, which reduced third strike ...

November 05, 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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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2014
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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former ...

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and California businessman B. Wayne Hughes JR, founder and chairman ...

November 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Gardner Found Guilty of Murder After Less Than Three Hours of Deliberation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2014
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Gardner Found Guilty of Murder After Less Than Three Hours of Deliberation

By Antoinnette Borbon In what took less than three hours of deliberation, the jury members were escorted ...

By Antoinnette Borbon In what took less than three hours of deliberation, the jury members were escorted back into court to give their verdict. A Yolo County jury determined that William Gardner III w ...

October 31, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2014
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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces ...

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces over-incarceration for largely petty and non-violent offenses, there are concerns, particularl ...

October 29, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Boyfriend Testifies In Gardner Homicide Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 29, 2014
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Boyfriend Testifies In Gardner Homicide Trial

by Antoinnette Borbon On Friday of last week, Leslie Pinkston's boyfriend began the first part of a lengt ...

by Antoinnette Borbon On Friday of last week, Leslie Pinkston's boyfriend began the first part of a lengthy testimony. Keilae Johnson returned this week to finish up his cross-examination by the defen ...

October 29, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Witnesses Unravel Tale Of Abusive Pattern In Pinkston Shooting

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 28, 2014
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Witnesses Unravel Tale Of Abusive Pattern In Pinkston Shooting

by Antoinnette Borbon The courtroom was packed with the friends and family of Leslie Pinkston today, ofte ...

by Antoinnette Borbon The courtroom was packed with the friends and family of Leslie Pinkston today, often in tears during testimony about the defendant's abusive pattern. Testimony given alleged that ...

October 28, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Xu Gets Prison Time for Role in Park Flashing Incident

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 28, 2014
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Xu Gets Prison Time for Role in Park Flashing Incident

By Genevieve Ghamian Monday October 27, 2014. Judge David Reed sentenced Wenyi Xu, 30, to 3 years and 8 m ...

By Genevieve Ghamian Monday October 27, 2014. Judge David Reed sentenced Wenyi Xu, 30, to 3 years and 8 months in state prison. Xu pleaded “no contest” to all twelve of the counts, which included cons ...

October 28, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2014
| (49) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the ca ...

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the case of Prop. 47 – a well-intentioned proposal that would end felony incarceration for a host of ...

October 27, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Dramatic Dialogue Between News 13 Reporter and Murder Suspect

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 26, 2014
| (2) Comments

Dramatic Dialogue Between News 13 Reporter and Murder Suspect

by Antoinnette Borbon Ending the first week of trial in the case against William Gardner III, jurors list ...

by Antoinnette Borbon Ending the first week of trial in the case against William Gardner III, jurors listened to a videotaped conversation between Derek Shore, a news reporter for CBS channel 13, and ...

October 26, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Witnesses Describe The Scene In Winters Shooting Death Of Leslie Pinkston

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 24, 2014
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Witnesses Describe The Scene In Winters Shooting Death Of Leslie Pinkston

by Antoinnette Borbon The day began with opening statements about the specifics of November 18, 2013. Wil ...

by Antoinnette Borbon The day began with opening statements about the specifics of November 18, 2013. William Gardner III is charged with lying in wait and then shooting his ex-girlfriend in downtown ...

October 24, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Judge Allows Jurors to Hear Past Domestic Violence Convictions As Winters Murder Trial Begins

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 22, 2014
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Judge Allows Jurors to Hear Past Domestic Violence Convictions As Winters Murder Trial Begins

by Antoinnette Borbon William Gardner is being charged with lying in wait for his ex-girlfriend and then ...

by Antoinnette Borbon William Gardner is being charged with lying in wait for his ex-girlfriend and then shooting her to death in Winters last year. Gardner, whose lengthy criminal past included five ...

October 22, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Judge Holds CHP Officer To Answer For Domestic Violence

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 15, 2014
| (23) Comments

Judge Holds CHP Officer To Answer For Domestic Violence

by Antoinnette Borbon A Yolo County California Highway Patrol officer was held to answer today after a pr ...

by Antoinnette Borbon A Yolo County California Highway Patrol officer was held to answer today after a preliminary hearing in which the officer's wife refused to testify. Officer Armando Ortega of Woo ...

October 15, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| (23) Comments

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Eye on the Courts: Research Shows Flaws in Marsh Interrogation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2014
| (20) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Research Shows Flaws in Marsh Interrogation

As we noted last week, we remain troubled by the confession of Daniel Marsh. As we noted last week, durin ...

As we noted last week, we remain troubled by the confession of Daniel Marsh. As we noted last week, during a suppression hearing this spring, Andrea Pelochino of the Public Defender’s office argued th ...

October 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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