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Chauvin Finally Takes Responsibility for George Floyd’s Death in Guilty Plea to Federal Charges

Posted by Alexander Jimenez
|Date: December 17, 2021
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Chauvin Finally Takes Responsibility for George Floyd’s Death in Guilty Plea to Federal Charges

By Ozzy Hernandez and Alex Jimenez MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Derek Chauvin, the former Minnesota police officer ...

By Ozzy Hernandez and Alex Jimenez MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Derek Chauvin, the former Minnesota police officer convicted in state court of the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, was in federal court Wednes ...

December 17, 2021
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California Man Arrested for Crimes Committed in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Breach

Posted by Clarissa Rios
|Date: December 01, 2021
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California Man Arrested for Crimes Committed in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Breach

By Clarissa Rios WASHINGTON D.C. – A California man has been arrested for crimes and conspiracy related t ...

By Clarissa Rios WASHINGTON D.C. – A California man has been arrested for crimes and conspiracy related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 when Congress was in the middle of a session and cou ...

December 01, 2021
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Florida Man Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Part in Breach of US Capitol Jan. 6

Posted by Eric Grammatico
|Date: July 22, 2021
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Florida Man Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison for Part in Breach of US Capitol Jan. 6

By Marcia Barajas and Eric Grammatico WASHINGTON, DC - In light of the unprecedented violence that took ...

By Marcia Barajas and Eric Grammatico WASHINGTON, DC - In light of the unprecedented violence that took place Jan. 6, 2021, in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., more than 535 individuals ...

July 22, 2021
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Federal Charges Filed in the Death of Ahmaud Arbery

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 29, 2021
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Federal Charges Filed in the Death of Ahmaud Arbery

By David M. Greenwald Georgia – On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice announced that three Georgia m ...

By David M. Greenwald Georgia – On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice announced that three Georgia men were indicted and charged with hate crimes and the attempted kidnapping of Ahmaud Arbery. Th ...

April 29, 2021
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Biden Call for Resignation of Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorneys Applauded

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 16, 2021
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Biden Call for Resignation of Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorneys Applauded

By Hongyi Wen WASHINGTON D.C. – After news reports that the U.S. Department of Justice would ask Trump-ap ...

By Hongyi Wen WASHINGTON D.C. – After news reports that the U.S. Department of Justice would ask Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to resign, Fair and Just Prosecution Executive Director Miriam Krinsky i ...

February 16, 2021
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Analysis: Court Documents and Hearings Show That Most Capitol Rioters Were Trumpists, Looters Weren’t Protesters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2021
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Analysis: Court Documents and Hearings Show That Most Capitol Rioters Were Trumpists, Looters Weren’t Protesters

By David M. Greenwald While there have been conspiracy theories to the contrary, most of the people arres ...

By David M. Greenwald While there have been conspiracy theories to the contrary, most of the people arrested in conjunction with the Capitol Riots from January 6 were in fact devoted Trumpists—while f ...

January 21, 2021
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Criminal Justice Leaders Calling For Injunction Against Federal Troop Deployment to American Cities

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|Date: October 31, 2020
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Criminal Justice Leaders Calling For Injunction Against Federal Troop Deployment to American Cities

Washington, DC – The pushback against Trump administration policies on federal law enforcement deployment ...

Washington, DC – The pushback against Trump administration policies on federal law enforcement deployment and tactics continued to play out this week, with 80 criminal justice leaders – including eigh ...

October 31, 2020
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AG Barr Announces Resumed Scheduling of Federal Executions

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|Date: June 18, 2020
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AG Barr Announces Resumed Scheduling of Federal Executions

by Henry Stiepleman DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – Attorney General William Barr this Monday ordered the Federal ...

by Henry Stiepleman DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – Attorney General William Barr this Monday ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the executions of four men on death row, announced the Department ...

June 18, 2020
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Immigration Courts Move Bay Area Immigration Cases from San Francisco to Southern California

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|Date: January 18, 2020
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Immigration Courts Move Bay Area Immigration Cases from San Francisco to Southern California

San Francisco and Alameda County Public Defenders condemn DOJ decision to remove detention cases out of S ...

San Francisco and Alameda County Public Defenders condemn DOJ decision to remove detention cases out of San Francisco as interfering with their ability to defend detainees, demand transparency and see ...

January 18, 2020
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The First Step Act Freed People – Now Prosecutors Are Trying to Lock Some of Them Up Again

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|Date: August 02, 2019
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The First Step Act Freed People – Now Prosecutors Are Trying to Lock Some of Them Up Again

By Sarah Lustbader Monae Davis, a beneficiary of the First Step Act, left prison on March 7. “Now the U.S ...

By Sarah Lustbader Monae Davis, a beneficiary of the First Step Act, left prison on March 7. “Now the U.S. Justice Department is trying to lock him back up,” reports Andy Sullivan for Reuters. As Davi ...

August 02, 2019
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State DOJ Report Analyzes Use of Force in Sac PD

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|Date: January 30, 2019
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State DOJ Report Analyzes Use of Force in Sac PD

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the release of a California Department of Just ...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the release of a California Department of Justice (DOJ) report on use of force-related polices, training, and practices within the Sacramento ...

January 30, 2019
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How An Overstretched Deportation System Has Become Even Less Fair

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|Date: June 30, 2018
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How An Overstretched Deportation System Has Become Even Less Fair

By Katrina Eiland Let’s say you came to this country as a 3-year-old with your parents and overstayed you ...

By Katrina Eiland Let’s say you came to this country as a 3-year-old with your parents and overstayed your visa. You felt American. You graduated from high school and college, and you fell in love wit ...

June 30, 2018
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DOJ Reverses Course on Debtors’ Prisons

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|Date: December 29, 2017
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DOJ Reverses Course on Debtors’ Prisons

By Nusrat Choudhury During the holiday season, many of us think about what we can do to help people strug ...

By Nusrat Choudhury During the holiday season, many of us think about what we can do to help people struggling with poverty. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, on the other hand, decided just before Chri ...

December 29, 2017
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Former Officer’s Guilty Verdict for Killing Walter Scott Is the Exception, Not the Rule

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|Date: December 08, 2017
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Former Officer’s Guilty Verdict for Killing Walter Scott Is the Exception, Not the Rule

By Shaundra Young Scott Police officer Michael Slager shot and killed an unarmed Black man, Walter Scott, ...

By Shaundra Young Scott Police officer Michael Slager shot and killed an unarmed Black man, Walter Scott, in 2015, and it was all caught on video. Today he was sentenced by a federal judge to 20 years ...

December 08, 2017
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Justice Department Continues to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections

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|Date: November 21, 2017
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Justice Department Continues to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections

By Jesselyn McCurdy On Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions strongly hinted that he isn’t done trying t ...

By Jesselyn McCurdy On Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions strongly hinted that he isn’t done trying to roll back the civil rights gains made during the Obama administration. In a speech before the ...

November 21, 2017
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ACLU Supports the Appointment of a Special Prosecutor

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|Date: May 12, 2017
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ACLU Supports the Appointment of a Special Prosecutor

By Anthony D. Romero May 9, 2017 — has the potential to be one of the most consequential days in the hist ...

By Anthony D. Romero May 9, 2017 — has the potential to be one of the most consequential days in the history of the United States and our experiment in constitutional democracy since the Watergate sca ...

May 12, 2017
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Officer Pleads Guilty in the South Carolina Death of Walter Scott

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2017
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Officer Pleads Guilty in the South Carolina Death of Walter Scott

Back in December, a Charleston jury deadlocked in the case of Michael Slager, who shot and killed Walter ...

Back in December, a Charleston jury deadlocked in the case of Michael Slager, who shot and killed Walter Scott. The jury hung 11-1 for guilt, forcing the mistrial. The case happened on April 4, 2015, ...

May 03, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Night Massacre?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 31, 2017
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Monday Night Massacre?

In what critics are likening to former President Richard Nixon’s “Saturday Night Massacre” in 1973, Presi ...

In what critics are likening to former President Richard Nixon’s “Saturday Night Massacre” in 1973, President Trump acted quickly to fire acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who had served as deputy ...

January 31, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Dawn of a New Era

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Dawn of a New Era

Starting on Friday and continuing over the weekend, millions of people came out to protest the new Trump ...

Starting on Friday and continuing over the weekend, millions of people came out to protest the new Trump presidency. While some have called this a historic moment – and in some ways it is – I am real ...

January 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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The Trouble with Jeff Sessions as Attorney General

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 23, 2016
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The Trouble with Jeff Sessions as Attorney General

By Michael Waldman Donald Trump just picked Sen. Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama, to be his nominee ...

By Michael Waldman Donald Trump just picked Sen. Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama, to be his nominee for the next Attorney General of the United States. That’s unsettling news for anyone who cares ...

November 23, 2016
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