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Sunday Commentary: Can We Be Safe without Overcharging Cases?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2016
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Sunday Commentary: Can We Be Safe without Overcharging Cases?

Recently we reconnected with a mother whose son was sentenced to 35 years to life. It was a case we cove ...

Recently we reconnected with a mother whose son was sentenced to 35 years to life. It was a case we covered a few years ago, where her son and others were convicted of attempted murder after they fir ...

October 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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For Some, Prop 62 Does Not Go Far Enough, Ending the Death Penalty Is Not Sufficient

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 21, 2016
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For Some, Prop 62 Does Not Go Far Enough, Ending the Death Penalty Is Not Sufficient

In 2012 Californians narrowly voted down a ballot proposition that would have ended the death penalty and ...

In 2012 Californians narrowly voted down a ballot proposition that would have ended the death penalty and commuted current death sentences to life without parole (LWOP). For many currently on death r ...

October 21, 2016
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Analysis: Death Penalty Column Misses Some Marks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2016
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Analysis: Death Penalty Column Misses Some Marks

I read Rich Rifkin’s death penalty column with interest. He started it with a note that was interesting, ...

I read Rich Rifkin’s death penalty column with interest. He started it with a note that was interesting, pointing out that Prop. 62 asks voters to get rid of a “death penalty that we don’t have.” I s ...

October 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Competing Measures for the Death Penalty on Collision Course

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2016
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Competing Measures for the Death Penalty on Collision Course

A recent survey from the Field Poll and IGA (Improper Governmental Activity) at UC Berkeley found that Pr ...

A recent survey from the Field Poll and IGA (Improper Governmental Activity) at UC Berkeley found that Proposition 62, which would end the death penalty, is ahead 48 to 37, with 15 percent undecided. ...

September 22, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Justice Watch: Another Teen Killed by Police; California Again Pushes against the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2016
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Justice Watch: Another Teen Killed by Police; California Again Pushes against the Death Penalty

In what bears some resemblance to the Tamir Rice shooting, this time in Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio cop has s ...

In what bears some resemblance to the Tamir Rice shooting, this time in Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio cop has shot and killed an 8th grader, identified as Tyre King. The teen was shot “multiple times” by C ...

September 16, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Withheld Evidence by Prosecutors Leads to 30 Years on Death Row

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 04, 2016
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Withheld Evidence by Prosecutors Leads to 30 Years on Death Row

By Anna Arceneaux The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office intentionally withheld critical evidence in ...

By Anna Arceneaux The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office intentionally withheld critical evidence in 1986 when it prosecuted 18-year-old Terry Williams and won a death sentence. Earlier this mont ...

July 04, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Prosecutors Still Using Race To Choose Juries

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 29, 2016
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Prosecutors Still Using Race To Choose Juries

By Cassandra Stubbs This week’s 7-1 Supreme Court decision in Foster v. Chatman was a huge victory for Ti ...

By Cassandra Stubbs This week’s 7-1 Supreme Court decision in Foster v. Chatman was a huge victory for Timothy Foster, a 49-year-old Black man who has been on Georgia’s death row for 29 years. The rul ...

May 29, 2016
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Proposed Lethal Injection Regulations Flawed

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 11, 2016
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Proposed Lethal Injection Regulations Flawed

By Linda Lye and Ana Zamora On Nov. 6, 2015, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ...

By Linda Lye and Ana Zamora On Nov. 6, 2015, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) published proposed regulations for its new single-drug lethal injection protocol. This t ...

May 11, 2016
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No Death Penalty Sought for KetMoRee Defendant, Arraignment Continued

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 07, 2016
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No Death Penalty Sought for KetMoRee Defendant, Arraignment Continued

by Tiffany Yeh All six co-defendants (who had been indicted by a grand jury) in the stabbing death of 23- ...

by Tiffany Yeh All six co-defendants (who had been indicted by a grand jury) in the stabbing death of 23-year-old Peter Gonzales at KetMoRee Thai Restaurant & Bar in Davis, and their attorneys, we ...

May 07, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty Reinstated in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty Reinstated in California

Last week, a three-judge panel overturned a district court’s ruling that delays in California’s death pen ...

Last week, a three-judge panel overturned a district court’s ruling that delays in California’s death penalty make the procedure arbitrary and therefore unconstitutional. While that got the headlines, ...

November 16, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Lethal Injection Déjà Vu?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 15, 2015
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Lethal Injection Déjà Vu?

by Ana Zamora Last Friday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) made public ...

by Ana Zamora Last Friday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) made public proposed regulations on a new lethal injection protocol. This triggered the public comment per ...

November 15, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Governor Stays Glossip Execution Pending Review of Drug Protocols

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2015
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Governor Stays Glossip Execution Pending Review of Drug Protocols

Just over an hour before the scheduled execution of Richard Glossip, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin issued ...

Just over an hour before the scheduled execution of Richard Glossip, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin issued a surprise 37-day stay to address questions about the state’s execution process that the U.S. ...

October 02, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Oklahoma Appeals Court Will Allow Execution of Glossip to Go Forward

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2015
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Oklahoma Appeals Court Will Allow Execution of Glossip to Go Forward

While the attorneys for Richard Glossip plan to appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court today, it is po ...

While the attorneys for Richard Glossip plan to appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court today, it is possible and even probable that his life will effectively end on a 3-2 decision by the Oklahoma C ...

September 29, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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New Witnesses Might Be Key to Glossip’s Death Penalty Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2015
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New Witnesses Might Be Key to Glossip’s Death Penalty Case

A week and a half ago we wrote of an unusual coalition arguing in support of Richard Glossip, convicted a ...

A week and a half ago we wrote of an unusual coalition arguing in support of Richard Glossip, convicted and sentenced to death for arranging the 1997 murder of the owner of a run-down motel he was man ...

September 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Unusual Coalition Warns Oklahoma Governor About Impending Execution of An Innocent Person

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2015
| (13) Comments

Unusual Coalition Warns Oklahoma Governor About Impending Execution of An Innocent Person

By most accounts, it is a highly unusual coalition of people who wrote a letter this week to Oklahoma Gov ...

By most accounts, it is a highly unusual coalition of people who wrote a letter this week to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin asking her to stay the execution of Richard Glossip so that concerns about gu ...

September 14, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Changing Landscape for the Judicial System on Death Penalty, Police, Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2015
| (4) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Changing Landscape for the Judicial System on Death Penalty, Police, Incarceration

Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on the Constitutionality of California’s Death Penalty Last year, U ...

Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on the Constitutionality of California’s Death Penalty Last year, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney declared California’s system of capital punishment unconstitut ...

September 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Life Sentence For Aurora Theater Gunman Shows the Death Penalty Is Dead

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2015
| (40) Comments

My View: Life Sentence For Aurora Theater Gunman Shows the Death Penalty Is Dead

In June, US Supreme Court Justices sparred over the side issue of whether the death penalty ought to be u ...

In June, US Supreme Court Justices sparred over the side issue of whether the death penalty ought to be unconstitutional in a case that was really about the use of execution drugs. But outside of that ...

August 08, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Fixing Our Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2015
| (11) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Fixing Our Criminal Justice System

Last week, we reported on research from University of Michigan economics professor Michael Mueller-Smith ...

Last week, we reported on research from University of Michigan economics professor Michael Mueller-Smith who, upon examining court records from Harris County, Texas, from 1980 to 2009 found that each ...

August 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Mass Incarceration Causes More Crime Than It Prevents

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 27, 2015
| (10) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: How Mass Incarceration Causes More Crime Than It Prevents

The argument against reforming the system of mass incarceration has been that it may be expensive and at ...

The argument against reforming the system of mass incarceration has been that it may be expensive and at times imposes unfair sentences, but it has reduced crime. However, a new paper from University ...

July 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Obama’s Turn on Mass Incarceration and Social Justice Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2015
| (79) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Obama’s Turn on Mass Incarceration and Social Justice Issues

As I have stated many times on this site, I was expecting a lot more of President Obama on issues of race ...

As I have stated many times on this site, I was expecting a lot more of President Obama on issues of race and mass incarceration than what we got in his first term to term and a half of office. We hav ...

July 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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