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SF Officials Hail Measure Allowing Millions in State – Including Hundreds of Thousands in SF Bay Area – to Expunge Old Convictions from Their Records

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|Date: May 17, 2023
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SF Officials Hail Measure Allowing Millions in State – Including Hundreds of Thousands in SF Bay Area – to Expunge Old Convictions from Their Records

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Hundreds of thousands of people in the Bay Area—about 25,000 in ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Hundreds of thousands of people in the Bay Area—about 25,000 in San Francisco alone—may be eligible to have their old conviction records expunged, according t ...

May 17, 2023
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US Senate Human Rights Subcommittee Uncovers Horrible Conditions of Incarceration

Posted by Kaylee Pearlman
|Date: April 27, 2023
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US Senate Human Rights Subcommittee Uncovers Horrible Conditions of Incarceration

By Kaylee Pearlman WASHINGTON, DC - Senior U.S. Senator from Georgia Jon Ossoff (D) said he has launched ...

By Kaylee Pearlman WASHINGTON, DC - Senior U.S. Senator from Georgia Jon Ossoff (D) said he has launched a “new inquiry after disturbing jail deaths in Georgia and Indiana.” Sen. Ossoff said in a sta ...

April 27, 2023
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DOJ Issues Final Rule for Home Confinement under Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act – Suggests Many May Not Be Sent Back to Prison

Posted by Perla Brito
|Date: April 07, 2023
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DOJ Issues Final Rule for Home Confinement under Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act – Suggests Many May Not Be Sent Back to Prison

By Perla Brito WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced this week the final rule for home con ...

By Perla Brito WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Dept. of Justice announced this week the final rule for home confinement of federal prisoners under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) ...

April 07, 2023
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President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 19, 2022
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President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession

By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, Presiden ...

By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, President Joe Biden announced he was pardoning all Americans convicted of simple marijuana possession u ...

October 19, 2022
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US Dept. of Justice Probe of Orange County DA and Sheriff Concludes Agencies Violated Constitutional Rights of Incarcerated

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|Date: October 14, 2022
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US Dept. of Justice Probe of Orange County DA and Sheriff Concludes Agencies Violated Constitutional Rights of Incarcerated

By Cres Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief ORANGE COUNTY, CA – The U.S. Department of Justice ...

By Cres Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief ORANGE COUNTY, CA – The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Thursday released the results of a multi-year investigation of the Orange ...

October 14, 2022
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Student Opinion: Should Money or Writers Speak?

Posted by Michelle Lin
|Date: August 31, 2022
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Student Opinion: Should Money or Writers Speak?

PC: Penguin Classics By Michelle Lin LOS ANGELES — The proposed merger of Simon and Schuster and Random P ...

PC: Penguin Classics By Michelle Lin LOS ANGELES — The proposed merger of Simon and Schuster and Random Penguin House, two of the largest publishing houses in the United States, is receiving backlash ...

August 31, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

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|Date: February 12, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Why does the Biden administration's Department of Justice continue to rely on cases that presume people i ...

Why does the Biden administration's Department of Justice continue to rely on cases that presume people in the territories are “alien races” composing “savage tribes”? By Alejandro Agustin Ortiz and A ...

February 12, 2022
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Commentary: Does the Housing Crisis Have the Potential to Change Political Boundaries in California?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2021
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Commentary: Does the Housing Crisis Have the Potential to Change Political Boundaries in California?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Early in November California Attorney General Rob ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Early in November California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced plans to use the power of the state’s top attorney to enforce the state’s hous ...

December 01, 2021
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Organizations Call on President Biden to Grant Clemency to Thousands on COVID Home Confinement

Posted by Stephanie Boulos
|Date: July 01, 2021
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Organizations Call on President Biden to Grant Clemency to Thousands on COVID Home Confinement

By Stephanie Boulos and Stacie Guevara WASHINGTON DC – Families Against Mandatory Minimums, the American ...

By Stephanie Boulos and Stacie Guevara WASHINGTON DC – Families Against Mandatory Minimums, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Justice Action Network urged President Biden to prevent thousands ...

July 01, 2021
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DOJ Opens Investigation of Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government and Louisville Metro Police Department

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 27, 2021
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DOJ Opens Investigation of Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government and Louisville Metro Police Department

By William McCurry LOUISVILLE, KY- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced Monday that the Departme ...

By William McCurry LOUISVILLE, KY- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced Monday that the Department of Justice has opened a pattern or practice investigation into the Louisville/Jefferson Coun ...

April 27, 2021
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DOJ Investigation Shows Alameda County & Santa Rita Jail Violate ADA, Eighth & Fourteenth Amendment Rights

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: April 26, 2021
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DOJ Investigation Shows Alameda County & Santa Rita Jail Violate ADA, Eighth & Fourteenth Amendment Rights

By Tiffany Devlin Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) is infamous for having the highest in-custody de ...

By Tiffany Devlin Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) is infamous for having the highest in-custody death rate across all county jails in Northern California. Since 2014, 50 individuals have died w ...

April 26, 2021
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U.S. AG Merrick Garland Files Memorandum Regarding Civil Settlement Agreement and Consent Decrees

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 20, 2021
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U.S. AG Merrick Garland Files Memorandum Regarding Civil Settlement Agreement and Consent Decrees

By Alex Morgan and Hongyi Wen WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland late last week fil ...

By Alex Morgan and Hongyi Wen WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland late last week filed a memorandum for the heads of civil litigation components and U.S. Attorneys regarding the c ...

April 20, 2021
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Biden’s New Executive Order Addressing Private Prisons and Immigration Detention Centers Evokes Concern from Prison Reform Leaders

Posted by Özge Terzioğlu
|Date: March 05, 2021
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Biden’s New Executive Order Addressing Private Prisons and Immigration Detention Centers Evokes Concern from Prison Reform Leaders

By Kritika Singh WASHINGTON — Signaling a first step in executing his criminal justice agenda, President ...

By Kritika Singh WASHINGTON — Signaling a first step in executing his criminal justice agenda, President Biden signed an executive order last month calling for an end to new Department of Justice cont ...

March 05, 2021
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DOJ Policy Change May Aid Election Interference, Charges Prosecutor Group’s Exec Director

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 08, 2020
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DOJ Policy Change May Aid Election Interference, Charges Prosecutor Group’s Exec Director

By Anika Khubchandani LOS ANGELES - The weakening of the Department of Justice’s Election Interference Po ...

By Anika Khubchandani LOS ANGELES - The weakening of the Department of Justice’s Election Interference Policy has compelled Miriam Krinsky, the Executive Director of Fair and Just Prosecution, to rele ...

October 08, 2020
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Pandemic to Racial Injustices: Now U.S. Has ‘Anarchist’ Cities, Claims Trump Administration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2020
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Pandemic to Racial Injustices: Now U.S. Has ‘Anarchist’ Cities, Claims Trump Administration

By Jose Medina In the year 2020, the U.S. has had to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, come to ter ...

By Jose Medina In the year 2020, the U.S. has had to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, come to terms with racial injustices, experienced record firestorms and hurricanes and is facing a tumultu ...

September 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Federal Court Signs Order to Protect Journalists, Legal Observers during Portland Protests

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 24, 2020
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Federal Court Signs Order to Protect Journalists, Legal Observers during Portland Protests

By Ayanna Gandhi PORTLAND, OR – The ACLU late Thursday reported that U.S. District Judge Michael Simon “b ...

By Ayanna Gandhi PORTLAND, OR – The ACLU late Thursday reported that U.S. District Judge Michael Simon “blocked federal agents in Portland from dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, or targeti ...

July 24, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Justice Department Investigates Chicago Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Justice Department Investigates Chicago Police

The Washington Post reports that, once again, the Department of Justice will launch an investigation into ...

The Washington Post reports that, once again, the Department of Justice will launch an investigation into patterns and practices, this time of the Chicago Police Department, a review that will be simi ...

December 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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DOJ Report on Ferguson Faults Police Tactics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2015
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DOJ Report on Ferguson Faults Police Tactics

A report being released by the US Department of Justice is casting blame on law enforcement officials, re ...

A report being released by the US Department of Justice is casting blame on law enforcement officials, responding to demonstrations in Ferguson following the death of Michael Brown last August, for us ...

September 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Attorney General on Community Policing and Restoring Trust

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 11, 2015
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Attorney General on Community Policing and Restoring Trust

The following remarks were delivered on Monday by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch at Community Policing ...

The following remarks were delivered on Monday by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch at Community Policing Roundtable in Pittsburgh Restoring trust where it has eroded is one of my top priorities as At ...

August 11, 2015
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