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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 44: Senator Nancy Skinner

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|Date: February 24, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 44: Senator Nancy Skinner

Senator Nancy Skinner has authored some of the most important criminal justice legislation in the state. ...

Senator Nancy Skinner has authored some of the most important criminal justice legislation in the state. Senator Skinner represents, among other places, Berkeley in the State Senate. Prior to her elec ...

February 24, 2020
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CA Supreme Court Denies Request to Review the SB 1437 Constitutionality Ruling

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|Date: February 20, 2020
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CA Supreme Court Denies Request to Review the SB 1437 Constitutionality Ruling

By Danielle Silva On Feb. 19, 2020, the California Supreme Court denied the depublication and review requ ...

By Danielle Silva On Feb. 19, 2020, the California Supreme Court denied the depublication and review requests for the Fourth District Appellate court decisions on two cases opinions that ruled Senate ...

February 20, 2020
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Sacramento Judge Admits He Doesn’t Like It, but Releases Woman from Murder Conviction

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|Date: February 14, 2020
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Sacramento Judge Admits He Doesn’t Like It, but Releases Woman from Murder Conviction

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raou ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raoul M. Thorbourne this past week really, really did not want to release Fitima Goodman, who had b ...

February 14, 2020
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SB 1437 Hearings in San Francisco

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|Date: February 11, 2020
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SB 1437 Hearings in San Francisco

Lifer to be re-sentenced after 33 years in prison; Re-sentencing denied to defendant in 1991 hostage taki ...

Lifer to be re-sentenced after 33 years in prison; Re-sentencing denied to defendant in 1991 hostage taking shoot-out By Stephen Yair Liebb SAN FRANCISCO - On Feb. 7, 2020, Thomas Keel, a man convic ...

February 11, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 39 – Tirpak Spends 25 Years Wrongly Imprisoned, Freed by SB 1437

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|Date: February 05, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 39 – Tirpak Spends 25 Years Wrongly Imprisoned, Freed by SB 1437

Early in 2019, Michael Tirpak became the third person released from prison under SB 1437. He had served t ...

Early in 2019, Michael Tirpak became the third person released from prison under SB 1437. He had served time in prison since 1996 following his conviction on first-degree murder. Prosecutors said he w ...

February 05, 2020
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Man to Be Freed after 45 Years Following Resentencing Under SB 1437

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|Date: February 03, 2020
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Man to Be Freed after 45 Years Following Resentencing Under SB 1437

On Wednesday Zachary Vanderhorst will be a free man for the first time since late 1974, when he was sente ...

On Wednesday Zachary Vanderhorst will be a free man for the first time since late 1974, when he was sentenced on December 31, 1974, just six weeks after being indicted for murder and other charges. Ju ...

February 03, 2020
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Judge Grants Re-Sentencing to Man in Prison Since 1974 Under SB 1437

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|Date: January 27, 2020
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Judge Grants Re-Sentencing to Man in Prison Since 1974 Under SB 1437

SAN FRANCISCO – He has been in custody since October 1974, but by next week he can finally be a free man ...

SAN FRANCISCO – He has been in custody since October 1974, but by next week he can finally be a free man after SF Superior Court Judge Brendan Conroy ruled that Zachary Vanderhorst did not act in reck ...

January 27, 2020
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My View: 1437 Exposes Just How Out of Step Yolo DA Actually Is

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|Date: January 25, 2020
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My View: 1437 Exposes Just How Out of Step Yolo DA Actually Is

It is a DA’s office that has long tried to claim the mantle of progressiveness, even though the DA was cl ...

It is a DA’s office that has long tried to claim the mantle of progressiveness, even though the DA was clearly outflanked and nearly defeated by a far more progressive alternative in 2018. Somehow bo ...

January 25, 2020
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Judge Rejects DA’s Attempt to Deny 1437 Hearing, Asks for Briefing on Prima Facie Showing

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|Date: January 24, 2020
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Judge Rejects DA’s Attempt to Deny 1437 Hearing, Asks for Briefing on Prima Facie Showing

Judge Paul Richardson rejected a request from Deputy DA Ryan Couzens to rule that the SB 1437 petitions f ...

Judge Paul Richardson rejected a request from Deputy DA Ryan Couzens to rule that the SB 1437 petitions for James Olague and Ernesto Arellano do not qualify for relief under the new felony murder law ...

January 24, 2020
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Judge Rules Man in Prison Since 1974 Not Actual Killer, Defers on Resentencing Under 1437

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|Date: January 21, 2020
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Judge Rules Man in Prison Since 1974 Not Actual Killer, Defers on Resentencing Under 1437

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge is not ready to rule just yet on whether Zachary Vanderhorst acted ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge is not ready to rule just yet on whether Zachary Vanderhorst acted with reckless indifference in his involvement in a 1974 robbery in which his co-defendant, Davi ...

January 21, 2020
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Attorney Discusses 1437 Process That Led to His Client Being Freed after Nearly 28 Years

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|Date: January 14, 2020
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Attorney Discusses 1437 Process That Led to His Client Being Freed after Nearly 28 Years

On Friday San Francisco Judge Brendan Conroy granted a motion to resentence Anthony Scrivani, who had rec ...

On Friday San Francisco Judge Brendan Conroy granted a motion to resentence Anthony Scrivani, who had received a life sentence in 1992 under the felony murder rule for his role in the robbery and murd ...

January 14, 2020
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Man to Be Freed Nearly 28 Years after 1992 Felony Murder Sentence

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|Date: January 13, 2020
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Man to Be Freed Nearly 28 Years after 1992 Felony Murder Sentence

SAN FRANCISCO - When San Francisco Judge Brendan Conroy announced that he has granted the motion for re-s ...

SAN FRANCISCO - When San Francisco Judge Brendan Conroy announced that he has granted the motion for re-sentencing under SB 1437, and gave Anthony Scrivani a new sentence of six years rather than the ...

January 13, 2020
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Arguments Submitted on SB 1437 and Special Circumstances in Halloween Case

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|Date: January 09, 2020
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Arguments Submitted on SB 1437 and Special Circumstances in Halloween Case

Originally Judge Paul Richardson was going to move from criminal to family court, but late in December th ...

Originally Judge Paul Richardson was going to move from criminal to family court, but late in December that changed and so the 1437 case involving James Olague and Ernesto Arellano, two of the defenda ...

January 09, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 26 – 1437 Constitutionality and the Davidson Case

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|Date: December 30, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 26 – 1437 Constitutionality and the Davidson Case

The Harvest Cycle Davidson v. El Dorado County case features two separate questions: the constitutionalit ...

The Harvest Cycle Davidson v. El Dorado County case features two separate questions: the constitutionality of SB 1437 and whether Mr. Davidson was a major participant in a 2016 robbery and thus acted ...

December 30, 2019
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Constitutionality and What Reckless Indifference Are Issues in a Key 1437 Case

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|Date: December 19, 2019
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Constitutionality and What Reckless Indifference Are Issues in a Key 1437 Case

Davidson Case Will Be Heard by the 3rd District Appellate Court In the month since the 4th District Court ...

Davidson Case Will Be Heard by the 3rd District Appellate Court In the month since the 4th District Court of Appeals ruled in both Good and Lamoureux that SB 1437 is constitutional, we have seen in ma ...

December 19, 2019
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1170.95 Motion Granted in San Mateo After Man Served 8 Years In Prison

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|Date: December 18, 2019
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1170.95 Motion Granted in San Mateo After Man Served 8 Years In Prison

By Danielle Silva The Superior Court of San Mateo recently granted an 1170.95 motion for a man who plead ...

By Danielle Silva The Superior Court of San Mateo recently granted an 1170.95 motion for a man who plead no contest to felony murder in 2011 and has been in custody for 8 years. On Oct. 29, 2008, Neil ...

December 18, 2019
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Judge in Yolo Rules 1437 Constitutional, DA’s Office May Still Challenge

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|Date: December 14, 2019
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Judge in Yolo Rules 1437 Constitutional, DA’s Office May Still Challenge

A scheduled hearing on the constitutionality of SB 1437 in front of Judge Sonia Cortés suddenly became ea ...

A scheduled hearing on the constitutionality of SB 1437 in front of Judge Sonia Cortés suddenly became easy when the judge noted the rulings of the 4th District Appellate Court on Gooden and Lamoureux ...

December 14, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 21 – Dusty Turner Wrongly Convicted in a Bad Virginia System

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|Date: December 11, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 21 – Dusty Turner Wrongly Convicted in a Bad Virginia System

In 1986, Dusty Turner was convicted of 1st degree murder and abduction and sentenced to 82 years in priso ...

In 1986, Dusty Turner was convicted of 1st degree murder and abduction and sentenced to 82 years in prison in Virginia - a state lagging behind in criminal justice reform and which has no parole. A fo ...

December 11, 2019
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Hearing Delayed for Man Currently Serving Life without Parole, Request Denied for Felony Murder Records

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|Date: December 03, 2019
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Hearing Delayed for Man Currently Serving Life without Parole, Request Denied for Felony Murder Records

By Arianna Medina A motion filed by the family members of Joseph Navarrete for the production of document ...

By Arianna Medina A motion filed by the family members of Joseph Navarrete for the production of documents was request denied, and the hearing delayed as prosecutors claimed it was never served to the ...

December 03, 2019
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Former Girlfriend of Victim in Murder Case Continues Fight for Freedom Under SB 1437

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|Date: December 02, 2019
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Former Girlfriend of Victim in Murder Case Continues Fight for Freedom Under SB 1437

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A few days before Thanksgiving, San Francis ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A few days before Thanksgiving, San Francisco defense lawyer Juliana Drous filed new pleadings here asking Sacramento Superior Court to va ...

December 02, 2019
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