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Did Authorities Miss Opportunity to Stop Child Killer?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2015
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Did Authorities Miss Opportunity to Stop Child Killer?

In the late night hours of January 22, 2014, in the parking lot of the Dutch Bros. coffee kiosk located a ...

In the late night hours of January 22, 2014, in the parking lot of the Dutch Bros. coffee kiosk located at the corner of Richards Blvd. and Olive Drive in Davis, police described how “a mother present ...

January 28, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Is Justice Color-Blind?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 07, 2015
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Is Justice Color-Blind?

Editor’s note: This is an interesting exchange. Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson took ...

Editor’s note: This is an interesting exchange. Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson took exception to comments made by Contra Costa Public Defender Robin Lipetzky and Deputy Public Def ...

January 07, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Mother Takes Child to Korea for Protection, Charged with Kidnapping

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 17, 2014
| (3) Comments

Mother Takes Child to Korea for Protection, Charged with Kidnapping

by Antoinnette Borbon The state's case against a Korean woman, who allegedly abducted her daughter and fl ...

by Antoinnette Borbon The state's case against a Korean woman, who allegedly abducted her daughter and fled to Korea, began this morning. In an opening statement made by Deputy Public Defender Dean Jo ...

December 17, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Eye on the Courts: Marsh Gets 52 to Life, But Not Really

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2014
| (22) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Marsh Gets 52 to Life, But Not Really

Judge David Reed on Friday issued the maximum possible sentence of 52 years to life to Daniel Marsh for t ...

Judge David Reed on Friday issued the maximum possible sentence of 52 years to life to Daniel Marsh for the 2013 double homicide of Oliver Northup and Claudia Maupin. On Friday, the hearing last two h ...

December 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Report: Conviction Integrity Units Form Vital Link For Reform Efforts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2014
| (2) Comments

Report: Conviction Integrity Units Form Vital Link For Reform Efforts

In October of this year, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that his office has created ...

In October of this year, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that his office has created “a Conviction Integrity Unit to review all post conviction assertions of innocence.” In the pre ...

December 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: What Will the Impact of Prop. 47 Be at the Local Level?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2014
| (10) Comments

Analysis: What Will the Impact of Prop. 47 Be at the Local Level?

Last week voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 47, which reduces drug and petty theft crimes to mis ...

Last week voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 47, which reduces drug and petty theft crimes to misdemeanors. On Monday, the Vanguard noted the impact of Prop. 47 on the Yolo County DA’s practic ...

November 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: The System Failed Leslie Pinkston and the Death Penalty is Dead in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2014
| (12) Comments

Eye on the Courts: The System Failed Leslie Pinkston and the Death Penalty is Dead in California

We have not talked nearly enough about the troubling nature of the murder of Leslie Pinkston just under a ...

We have not talked nearly enough about the troubling nature of the murder of Leslie Pinkston just under a year ago. Last week, the jury took less than three hours to deliberate and find William Gardne ...

November 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Red Sash Gang Case Falls Apart For DA’s Office

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 28, 2014
| (5) Comments

Red Sash Gang Case Falls Apart For DA’s Office

by Antoinnette Borbon Last week the Vanguard was surprised to learn there had been a resolution in the " ...

by Antoinnette Borbon Last week the Vanguard was surprised to learn there had been a resolution in the "Operation Red Sash" case. Deputy District Attorney Robin Johnson tried the first four of eight ...

May 28, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Court Watch: Trial Coverage

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 24, 2014
| (1) Comment

Court Watch: Trial Coverage

Infant Murder Trial: New Witness Testimonies by Timothy Chin, Jane Fitzsimmons, and Michelle Yegiyants Th ...

Infant Murder Trial: New Witness Testimonies by Timothy Chin, Jane Fitzsimmons, and Michelle Yegiyants The controversial trial involving a possible murder of an infant continued this Wednesday morning ...

April 24, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Eye on the Courts: Reflections on Ruben Carter, Ajay Dev, and Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2014
| (21) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Reflections on Ruben Carter, Ajay Dev, and Wrongful Convictions

Ruben “Hurricane” Carter is perhaps one of the best known exonerees, having had his story presented by Bo ...

Ruben “Hurricane” Carter is perhaps one of the best known exonerees, having had his story presented by Bob Dylan in the form of song and by Denzel Washington in the form of a feature motion picture. ...

April 21, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Dev Supporters Press for Appeal (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 19, 2014
| (9) Comments

Dev Supporters Press for Appeal (Video)

Supporters of Ajay Dev who believe that Mr. Dev, sentenced in Yolo County in 2009 by Judge Timothy Fall, ...

Supporters of Ajay Dev who believe that Mr. Dev, sentenced in Yolo County in 2009 by Judge Timothy Fall, was wrongly convicted took their show to Sacramento on Friday. Organizers claim they had 300 p ...

April 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Election Digest: Congressman Thompson Endorses Dodd

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 17, 2014
| (4) Comments

Election Digest: Congressman Thompson Endorses Dodd

Rep. Mike Thompson Endorses Bill Dodd For State Assembly Napa County Supervisor and 4th Assembly District ...

Rep. Mike Thompson Endorses Bill Dodd For State Assembly Napa County Supervisor and 4th Assembly District candidate Bill Dodd today announced that long-time Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) ha ...

April 17, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Ajay Dev Supporters to Rally at Appellate Court As Court Considers Appeal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 15, 2014
| (15) Comments

Ajay Dev Supporters to Rally at Appellate Court As Court Considers Appeal

In 2009, Yolo County Judge Timothy Fall sentenced Ajay Dev to 378 years in prison after he was convicted ...

In 2009, Yolo County Judge Timothy Fall sentenced Ajay Dev to 378 years in prison after he was convicted of raping his adopted daughter over a five-year period of time. Ajay Dev’s appellate lawyer wri ...

April 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Lack of Transparency in the DA’s Office Should Trouble Us All

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 14, 2014
| (23) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Lack of Transparency in the DA’s Office Should Trouble Us All

Last week, I was researching something for my column on the District Attorney’s Victims of Crime award ce ...

Last week, I was researching something for my column on the District Attorney’s Victims of Crime award ceremony when I stumbled upon something – I have been blocked from following District Attorney Je ...

April 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Stop Celebrating, Alvarez Sentencing Changes Nothing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2014
| (7) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Stop Celebrating, Alvarez Sentencing Changes Nothing

I have seen a few notes and tweets from people following the 205-year sentence to Sergio Alvarez for the ...

I have seen a few notes and tweets from people following the 205-year sentence to Sergio Alvarez for the rape and kidnapping of several women while he was on duty as a sworn West Sacramento police off ...

April 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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First Red Sash Trial Results in Acquittal on Gang Charges

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 27, 2014
| (2) Comments

First Red Sash Trial Results in Acquittal on Gang Charges

by Antoinnette Borbon The jurors came back early this morning with a verdict for the four co-defendants i ...

by Antoinnette Borbon The jurors came back early this morning with a verdict for the four co-defendants in what would go down in history as Operation Red Sash, a case that started out to be a drug bus ...

March 27, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| (2) Comments

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Operation Red Sash Trial Ends

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 24, 2014
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Operation Red Sash Trial Ends

by Antoinnette Borbon Prosecutor Uses Defense's Gang Expert To Benefit Case, Defense Proposes Reasonable ...

by Antoinnette Borbon Prosecutor Uses Defense's Gang Expert To Benefit Case, Defense Proposes Reasonable Doubt - It was a day of one powerful closing after the other on Thursday, and continuing on Fri ...

March 24, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Defense Takes State’s Case In Operation Red Sash For Wild Ride

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 22, 2014
| (2) Comments

Defense Takes State’s Case In Operation Red Sash For Wild Ride

by Antoinnette Borbon The last witness to testify for the state’s case, against an 11 alleged gang member ...

by Antoinnette Borbon The last witness to testify for the state’s case, against an 11 alleged gang member sweep in 2012, took a bit of a wild ride with the defense’s firm interrogation of Detective H ...

March 22, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Defense Files For Mistrial in Red Sash Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 21, 2014
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Defense Files For Mistrial in Red Sash Trial

by Antoinnette Borbon Three of the defense attorneys in this case made a motion to declare a mistrial. Jo ...

by Antoinnette Borbon Three of the defense attorneys in this case made a motion to declare a mistrial. John Brennan, along with Dan Olson and other counsel asked the judge to declare the trial known a ...

March 21, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Operation Red Sash Trial Opens Against 11 Alleged Gangmembers

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 14, 2014
| (5) Comments

Operation Red Sash Trial Opens Against 11 Alleged Gangmembers

by Antoinnette Borbon It took nearly two years before the state would finally present its case and begin ...

by Antoinnette Borbon It took nearly two years before the state would finally present its case and begin the first week of trial in what would be known as the "Operation Red Sash " case against 11 all ...

March 14, 2014
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| (5) Comments

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