A former juror and the daughter of the victim are urging Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to halt the impending execution of Charles “Sonny” Burton, who was convicted of felony murder but did not fire the fatal shot.
Senate bill reflects changes in California law and evidence of rehabilitation and redemption By LaDoris Cordell California…
WOODLAND, CA – During Justin Gonzalez’s bail hearing Monday here in Yolo County Superior Court, Judge Sam…
All but two U.S. states allow murder charges even if an individual did not directly cause or…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Five years after Justin Gonzalez and Alexis Velazquez…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – In what is believed to be the…
Special to the Vanguard A coalition is co-sponsoring California Senate Bill 94 sponsored by Senator Dave Cortese. …
by Robert J. Hansen South Lake Tahoe, CA – Earlier this month one of five men who…
This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Joanne Scheer, whose son’s incarceration on felony murder, special…
By Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA – A bill that would expand judicial discretion to judges, allowing…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA – Back in November 2020, David Valladares filed…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Supporters are bracing for rougher sailing for a…
This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Bree and Malissa Hurry about the case of Michael…
By Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – An “extensive analysis of the United States’ fundamentally flawed felony murder laws,”…
By Robert J. Hansen In May 2019, Judge Mullen declared California Senate Bill 1437 unconstitutional when the…
By Julian Verdon, Samuel Van Blaricom, Jake Wylie, Carson Eschen, and Gwyn Redemann **This report is a…
Anne Irwin and Natasha Minsker of Smart Justice California join Everyday Injustice this week to talk about…
By Robert J. Hansen After the judge was 30 minutes late, Tevares Lopez and Harvest Davidson, and…
By Lisa Rea I first met Dennis Jones by letter around 1993 through an introduction by Peter…
By Dale Hurd Mule Creek resident Jose Rivera’s sentence of life without the possibility of parole (LWOP)…