Judge Tom Dyer postponed a habeas corpus case in Yolo County Superior Court due to a lack of discovery and difficulty communicating with the accused, rescheduling it for December 5, 2025.
Douglas “Chief” Stankewitz, California’s longest-serving individual on death row, is seeking relief under the California Racial Justice Act, arguing that racial bias tainted his conviction and sentence in a case that has kept him incarcerated since 1978.
Justice Clarence Thomas’s dissent in the Supreme Court case Gutierrez v. Saenz argued that the Constitution does not require states to offer any postconviction relief, effectively closing the courthouse doors once a conviction is handed down.
(NOTE: Kensu claims innocence despite a murder conviction almost forty years ago. Wrestling with the legal system…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Due Process Institute and four other civil rights institutions filed an amicus brief…
By Kristin Trent WOODLAND, CA – Here in Yolo County Superior Court Friday, Ajay Dev’s previous attorney…
By Kaylee Pearlman LOS ANGELES, CA – The California Supreme Court this week ruled the state had…
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
It has been over a month since the last hearing on October 28 ended as the petitioner…
By Danielle Silva In light of Ajay Dev filing an Ineffective Assistance of Counsel claim, the prosecution’s…
At the court on Friday morning as Judge Janene Beronio was deciding when to schedule an evidentiary…
By Lauren Jaech The evidentiary hearing for Ajay Dev continued today with a discussion about bringing in…
By Danielle Eden C. Silva The Ajay Dev case had an evidentiary hearing today to ask the…
The parties for Ajay Dev were back in court briefly on Monday as Ed Swanson, who will…