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CA Governor Reaffirms Plan to Move Condemned, Dismantling Nation’s Largest Death Row

Posted by Stacie Guevara
|Date: February 06, 2022
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CA Governor Reaffirms Plan to Move Condemned, Dismantling Nation’s Largest Death Row

By Stacie Guevara SACRAMENTO, CA – California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is planning to move all condemned ...

By Stacie Guevara SACRAMENTO, CA – California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is planning to move all condemned incarcerated to different prisons within two years, dismantling the nation’s largest death row ...

February 06, 2022
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Death Penalty Abolition Group Charges Wrongful Conviction Rates Mean U.S. Should Abolish the Death Penalty

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 22, 2022
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Death Penalty Abolition Group Charges Wrongful Conviction Rates Mean U.S. Should Abolish the Death Penalty

By Tiffany Thai SAN FRANCISCO, CA - One in every 8.3 people put on death row has been wrongfully convicte ...

By Tiffany Thai SAN FRANCISCO, CA - One in every 8.3 people put on death row has been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in the U.S. since executions resumed in the 1970s, according to the De ...

January 22, 2022
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Oklahoma Death Row Man Hopes for Stay of Execution as Questions of Mental Competency Grow

Posted by Sophia Barberini
|Date: December 08, 2021
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Oklahoma Death Row Man Hopes for Stay of Execution as Questions of Mental Competency Grow

By Katherine Coviello and Sophia Barberini PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK – Wade Greeley Lay, on death row in Oklah ...

By Katherine Coviello and Sophia Barberini PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK – Wade Greeley Lay, on death row in Oklahoma after being convicted of murder, is set to be executed Jan. 6, despite questions of his men ...

December 08, 2021
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ACLU Asks US Supreme Court to Review Status of Georgia Death Row Prisoner with Intellectual Disability

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: November 27, 2021
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ACLU Asks US Supreme Court to Review Status of Georgia Death Row Prisoner with Intellectual Disability

By Amy Berberyan WASHINGTON, DC -- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is asking for the U.S. Supre ...

By Amy Berberyan WASHINGTON, DC -- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is asking for the U.S. Supreme Court to review Rodney Young’s status on Georgia’s death row, in a filing made earlier this ...

November 27, 2021
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Six Men on Oklahoma Death Row File Injunctions to Halt Executions on Basis of Being Required to Choose Own Execution Method

Posted by Amy Fullerton
|Date: October 24, 2021
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Six Men on Oklahoma Death Row File Injunctions to Halt Executions on Basis of Being Required to Choose Own Execution Method

By Amy Fullerton and Casey Rawlings OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – As of late October 2021, six men incarcerated in ...

By Amy Fullerton and Casey Rawlings OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – As of late October 2021, six men incarcerated in Oklahoma on death row are in the process of filing injunctions to halt their upcoming execution ...

October 24, 2021
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U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Arizona Exoneration as Wrongful Conviction Investigations Rise

Posted by Allison Hodge
|Date: August 10, 2021
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U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Arizona Exoneration as Wrongful Conviction Investigations Rise

By Allison Hodge WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on a previously overturn ...

By Allison Hodge WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on a previously overturned death row conviction, even as “reformist” prosecutors continue to overturn wrongful convicti ...

August 10, 2021
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Poll Finds Majority Support Commutation of Death Row Prisoner Julius Jones

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|Date: July 17, 2021
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Poll Finds Majority Support Commutation of Death Row Prisoner Julius Jones

By Alexander Ramirez and Esme Lipton OKLAHOMA - In a survey of 500 registered voters conducted in Oklahom ...

By Alexander Ramirez and Esme Lipton OKLAHOMA - In a survey of 500 registered voters conducted in Oklahoma, 60 percent of respondents who said they knew of death-row prisoner Julius Jones believed his ...

July 17, 2021
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Governor Orders Independent Investigation of Kevin Cooper Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 29, 2021
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Governor Orders Independent Investigation of Kevin Cooper Case

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – While the death penalty has effectively ceased in California, ther ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – While the death penalty has effectively ceased in California, there remain people on death row. One of higher profile remaining death row incarcerated people is ...

May 29, 2021
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Lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs Talk about What Client’s Freedom Could Mean to Future of Death Penalty

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 01, 2021
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Lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs Talk about What Client’s Freedom Could Mean to Future of Death Penalty

By Roxanna Jarvis SAN FRANCISCO – In an interview conducted by The Davis Vanguard, lawyers Tony Serra and ...

By Roxanna Jarvis SAN FRANCISCO – In an interview conducted by The Davis Vanguard, lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs provided more details about Douglas Stankewitz—who had been the longest survivin ...

February 01, 2021
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“I’m seeing COVID-19 knock us all down in a line, just like dominoes.” – Narratives From San Quentin

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: August 23, 2020
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“I’m seeing COVID-19 knock us all down in a line, just like dominoes.” – Narratives From San Quentin

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Incarcerated writer Rashaan Thomas ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Incarcerated writer Rashaan Thomas recently shared an excerpt with Business Insider discussing the state of COVID-19 inside San Qu ...

August 23, 2020
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6 Individuals on San Quentin’s Death Row Died of Coronavirus, Shortage of Firefighters due to CDCR Quarantines

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: July 19, 2020
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6 Individuals on San Quentin’s Death Row Died of Coronavirus, Shortage of Firefighters due to CDCR Quarantines

By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag California firefighting forces are still lacking in ...

By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag California firefighting forces are still lacking in numbers after four CDCR fire camps had quarantine extended. As discussed in our last weekly re ...

July 19, 2020
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“Clemency:” Exposing the Machinery of Death

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 11, 2020
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“Clemency:” Exposing the Machinery of Death

The emotional and psychological toll of the death penalty on the people forced to carry it out too often ...

The emotional and psychological toll of the death penalty on the people forced to carry it out too often goes unmentioned. Chinonye Chukwu's new film addresses it head on. By Stephen Rohde People on d ...

January 11, 2020
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My View: Further Illustration Provided about the Challenges for Davis to Dig Out of Housing Crisis

Activists Decry Governor’s Veto of HOME Act

Group Finds Newsom’s Brief in SF Homeless Case ‘Profoundly Disappointing’

Two UC Davis-Connected Jurists – Cantil-Sakauye and Reynoso – Have California Courthouses Named for Them

NEW DATA: Count of Youth in Confinement Fell Again in 2021

Report to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty Released by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Commentary: Bomb Threats Are a Form of Terrorism, but WILL NOT Succeed

Guest Commentary: RICO and Domestic Terrorism Charges against Cop City Activists Send a Chilling Message

City Claims Successful Start to ‘Inclusive Parks, Inclusive Hearts’ Program

Internal Los Angeles Police Report Finds Officers Misusing Body Cameras More than LAPD Admitted

CA Governor Reaffirms Plan to Move Condemned, Dismantling Nation’s Largest Death Row

CA Governor Reaffirms Plan to Move Condemned, Dismantling Nation’s Largest Death Row

Death Penalty Abolition Group Charges Wrongful Conviction Rates Mean U.S. Should Abolish the Death Penalty

Death Penalty Abolition Group Charges Wrongful Conviction Rates Mean U.S. Should Abolish the Death Penalty

Oklahoma Death Row Man Hopes for Stay of Execution as Questions of Mental Competency Grow

Oklahoma Death Row Man Hopes for Stay of Execution as Questions of Mental Competency Grow

ACLU Asks US Supreme Court to Review Status of Georgia Death Row Prisoner with Intellectual Disability

ACLU Asks US Supreme Court to Review Status of Georgia Death Row Prisoner with Intellectual Disability

Six Men on Oklahoma Death Row File Injunctions to Halt Executions on Basis of Being Required to Choose Own Execution Method

Six Men on Oklahoma Death Row File Injunctions to Halt Executions on Basis of Being Required to Choose Own Execution Method

U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Arizona Exoneration as Wrongful Conviction Investigations Rise

U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Arizona Exoneration as Wrongful Conviction Investigations Rise

Poll Finds Majority Support Commutation of Death Row Prisoner Julius Jones

Poll Finds Majority Support Commutation of Death Row Prisoner Julius Jones

Governor Orders Independent Investigation of Kevin Cooper Case

Governor Orders Independent Investigation of Kevin Cooper Case

Lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs Talk about What Client’s Freedom Could Mean to Future of Death Penalty

Lawyers Tony Serra and Curtis Briggs Talk about What Client’s Freedom Could Mean to Future of Death Penalty

“I’m seeing COVID-19 knock us all down in a line, just like dominoes.” – Narratives From San Quentin

“I’m seeing COVID-19 knock us all down in a line, just like dominoes.” – Narratives From San Quentin

6 Individuals on San Quentin’s Death Row Died of Coronavirus, Shortage of Firefighters due to CDCR Quarantines

6 Individuals on San Quentin’s Death Row Died of Coronavirus, Shortage of Firefighters due to CDCR Quarantines

“Clemency:” Exposing the Machinery of Death

“Clemency:” Exposing the Machinery of Death

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