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Bill Aiming to Reduce LWOP Sentences Headed to Assembly for Final Vote

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|Date: August 15, 2022
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Bill Aiming to Reduce LWOP Sentences Headed to Assembly for Final Vote

By Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA - A bill that would expand judicial discretion to judges, allowing them ...

By Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA - A bill that would expand judicial discretion to judges, allowing them to order a sentence other than the death penalty or life in prison without parole (LWOP) for “ ...

August 15, 2022
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Public Defender Files Motion to Recuse Judge and DA in Orange County Case

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|Date: June 16, 2022
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Public Defender Files Motion to Recuse Judge and DA in Orange County Case

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA – Back in November 2020, David Valladares filed a mo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Ana, CA – Back in November 2020, David Valladares filed a motion seeking resentencing via PC section 1170.95. The DA’s office in Orange County agreed that ...

June 16, 2022
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Bill That Reforms LWOP for Felony Murder Advances through Public Safety Committee

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2022
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Bill That Reforms LWOP for Felony Murder Advances through Public Safety Committee

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Supporters are bracing for rougher sailing for a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Supporters are bracing for rougher sailing for a bill that has picked up additional opposition but needs a two-thirds vote in both houses to pas ...

June 02, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 157: Michael Gaines Gets Life for Crime He Didn’t Commit

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|Date: May 30, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 157: Michael Gaines Gets Life for Crime He Didn’t Commit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeobAPPiBQM This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Bree and Malissa ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeobAPPiBQM This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Bree and Malissa Hurry about the case of Michael Gaines, who has been incarcerated since 2003 for a crime, they ...

May 30, 2022
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New Report Charges Felony Murder Laws ‘At Odds with Rest of World’

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|Date: March 24, 2022
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New Report Charges Felony Murder Laws ‘At Odds with Rest of World’

By Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – An “extensive analysis of the United States’ fundamentally flawed felo ...

By Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – An “extensive analysis of the United States’ fundamentally flawed felony murder laws,” according to the Sentencing Project and Fair and Just Prosecution Wednesday, s ...

March 24, 2022
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Commentary: El Dorado County Judge’s Mistaken Claim that New Felony Murder Law Unconstitutional Has Led to Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: March 20, 2022
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Commentary: El Dorado County Judge’s Mistaken Claim that New Felony Murder Law Unconstitutional Has Led to Wrongful Convictions

By Robert J. Hansen In May 2019, Judge Mullen declared California Senate Bill 1437 unconstitutional when ...

By Robert J. Hansen In May 2019, Judge Mullen declared California Senate Bill 1437 unconstitutional when the Tahoe 5 requested that the murder charges against them be dropped, according to Paula Peter ...

March 20, 2022
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Follow-Up Report on the Effectiveness of SB 1437 – Overwhelming Majority of Applicants Denied

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|Date: February 22, 2022
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Follow-Up Report on the Effectiveness of SB 1437 – Overwhelming Majority of Applicants Denied

By Julian Verdon, Samuel Van Blaricom, Jake Wylie, Carson Eschen, and Gwyn Redemann **This report is a f ...

By Julian Verdon, Samuel Van Blaricom, Jake Wylie, Carson Eschen, and Gwyn Redemann **This report is a follow-up to the previous report with the same name. The following data was compiled by The Vang ...

February 22, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 143: Smart Justice California Talks about Justice Reform Efforts

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|Date: February 21, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 143: Smart Justice California Talks about Justice Reform Efforts

Anne Irwin and Natasha Minsker of Smart Justice California join Everyday Injustice this week to talk abou ...

Anne Irwin and Natasha Minsker of Smart Justice California join Everyday Injustice this week to talk about criminal justice reform efforts. Smart Justice California works to educate and embolden polic ...

February 21, 2022
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Harvest Davidson and Tevares Lopez of Tahoe 5 Back in Court, Judge Arrives Over 20 Minutes Late

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|Date: February 11, 2022
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Harvest Davidson and Tevares Lopez of Tahoe 5 Back in Court, Judge Arrives Over 20 Minutes Late

By Robert J. Hansen After the judge was 30 minutes late, Tevares Lopez and Harvest Davidson, and the rest ...

By Robert J. Hansen After the judge was 30 minutes late, Tevares Lopez and Harvest Davidson, and the rest of the Tahoe 5, were in court last Friday for the murder of Dennis “Spike” Wright in 2016. Tho ...

February 11, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Dennis Jones – Remembering a Lifer & Our Campaign to Free Him

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|Date: February 08, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Dennis Jones – Remembering a Lifer & Our Campaign to Free Him

By Lisa Rea I first met Dennis Jones by letter around 1993 through an introduction by Peter B. Collins, a ...

By Lisa Rea I first met Dennis Jones by letter around 1993 through an introduction by Peter B. Collins, a veteran San Francisco radio talk show host and broadcaster. I met Peter as a guest on his radi ...

February 08, 2022
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Court Reverses Sentence for Mule Creek Resident

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|Date: February 03, 2022
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Court Reverses Sentence for Mule Creek Resident

By Dale Hurd Mule Creek resident Jose Rivera’s sentence of life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) ...

By Dale Hurd Mule Creek resident Jose Rivera’s sentence of life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) was reversed on Sept. 8, 2021, by the Sacramento County Superior Court. The reversal was the re ...

February 03, 2022
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Tevarez Lopez, One of the ‘Tahoe 5’ Who Prosecutors Knew Was Not There, Convicted of Murder, Prepares to Appeal

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|Date: January 29, 2022
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Tevarez Lopez, One of the ‘Tahoe 5’ Who Prosecutors Knew Was Not There, Convicted of Murder, Prepares to Appeal

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - On November 30, 2021, Tevarez Richard Lopez was found guilty of murd ...

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - On November 30, 2021, Tevarez Richard Lopez was found guilty of murdering Dennis "Spike" Wright, Jr., by an all-white jury of six men and six women, and now faces ...

January 29, 2022
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Appellate Court Uses New Felony Murder Law to Remand Case Back to Trial Court for Resentencing

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|Date: January 10, 2022
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Appellate Court Uses New Felony Murder Law to Remand Case Back to Trial Court for Resentencing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Nathaniel Porter attempted to get resentencing under Penal Code se ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Nathaniel Porter attempted to get resentencing under Penal Code section 1170.95 in 2020, but the court at the time summarily denied the petition on the grounds t ...

January 10, 2022
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Appellate Court Reverses Another Denial of SB 1437 Resentencing Petition

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2022
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Appellate Court Reverses Another Denial of SB 1437 Resentencing Petition

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – An appellate court has reversed a trial court de ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – An appellate court has reversed a trial court decision in the case of Ernesto Mejorado, convicted of first-degree murder and serving three term ...

January 06, 2022
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Appellate Court Rules Trial Court Should Have Granted Relief Under SB 1437 in 25-Year-Old Felony Murder Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2022
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Appellate Court Rules Trial Court Should Have Granted Relief Under SB 1437 in 25-Year-Old Felony Murder Case

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An appellate court has overturned a lower court’s decision denying ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An appellate court has overturned a lower court’s decision denying a man relief under Peanl; Code section 1170.95. That statute, passed under SB 1437, allows a ...

January 04, 2022
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Prosecution Closes, Attacks Self Defense Claim in Ongoing Jury Trial of Alleged Bike Thief/Killer

Posted by Alexander Jimenez
|Date: December 11, 2021
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Prosecution Closes, Attacks Self Defense Claim in Ongoing Jury Trial of Alleged Bike Thief/Killer

By Alex Jimenez OAKLAND, CA – A jury is expected to be deliberating Monday here at the Rene C. Davidson C ...

By Alex Jimenez OAKLAND, CA – A jury is expected to be deliberating Monday here at the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Alameda County Superior Court after hearing closing arguments from the prosecution ...

December 11, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 133: Release of Vanderhorst at 46 Years of Wrongful Incarceration

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|Date: December 06, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 133: Release of Vanderhorst at 46 Years of Wrongful Incarceration

In 2020, the Vanguard covered a series of hearings involving Zachary Vanderhorst, 65, who had been impris ...

In 2020, the Vanguard covered a series of hearings involving Zachary Vanderhorst, 65, who had been imprisoned for 46 years after guilty pleas he made 1974 for crimes he did not commit. A judge after a ...

December 06, 2021
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5-Year-Old Davidson Trial Postponed Again after Pretrial Discussion about ‘Missing’ Discovery

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|Date: November 28, 2021
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5-Year-Old Davidson Trial Postponed Again after Pretrial Discussion about ‘Missing’ Discovery

By Alexander Ramirez SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA - Harvest Cycle Davidson was in El Dorado County Superior Court ...

By Alexander Ramirez SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA - Harvest Cycle Davidson was in El Dorado County Superior Court once again this week, along with some 80 people watching on the Zoom livestream, facing a murd ...

November 28, 2021
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Demonstrators Call for State Investigation into Court System and County Sheriff’s Departments

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|Date: November 20, 2021
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Demonstrators Call for State Investigation into Court System and County Sheriff’s Departments

by Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - A demonstration was held at the Capital yesterday for Harvest Davids ...

by Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - A demonstration was held at the Capital yesterday for Harvest Davidson, who has been in El Dorado County Jail since 2016, by his mother, friends and activists call ...

November 20, 2021
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Commentary: As We Honor Andy Stephens, Let’s Not Forget an Innocent Man Sits in Prison Blamed for His Death

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2021
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Commentary: As We Honor Andy Stephens, Let’s Not Forget an Innocent Man Sits in Prison Blamed for His Death

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yesterday the Yolo County DA’s office tweeted out, ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yesterday the Yolo County DA’s office tweeted out, “Today we honor the memory of CHP Patrolman Andrew 'Andy' Stevens, who was murdered in the line ...

November 18, 2021
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