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Exonerees in 2018 Lost a Record Number of Years to Wrongful Imprisonment

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|Date: April 10, 2019
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Exonerees in 2018 Lost a Record Number of Years to Wrongful Imprisonment

Conviction Integrity Units in prosecutors’ offices have tripled since 2013 (From Press Release) - In 2018 ...

Conviction Integrity Units in prosecutors’ offices have tripled since 2013 (From Press Release) - In 2018, the National Registry of Exonerations recorded 151 exonerations, setting a record for the num ...

April 10, 2019
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Reaction Pours Out to Gavin Newsom’s Moratorium on the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 14, 2019
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Reaction Pours Out to Gavin Newsom’s Moratorium on the Death Penalty

In his announcement on the moratorium, Governor Gavin Newsom framed the issue as a personal journey roote ...

In his announcement on the moratorium, Governor Gavin Newsom framed the issue as a personal journey rooted not just in the immorality of the death penalty, but also in the idea that there are people o ...

March 14, 2019
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Governor Brown Signs Post-Conviction Discovery Bill

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|Date: September 20, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Post-Conviction Discovery Bill

New Law Provides Innocent People Access to Materials Available at Trial (From Press Release)— Governor Je ...

New Law Provides Innocent People Access to Materials Available at Trial (From Press Release)— Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law sponsored by the California Innocence Coalition, a group made ...

September 20, 2018
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Bill Designed to Keep Innocent People out of Jail and Prevent Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2018
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Bill Designed to Keep Innocent People out of Jail and Prevent Wrongful Convictions

Since 1989, experts estimate that nearly 200 people have been wrongly convicted in California. According ...

Since 1989, experts estimate that nearly 200 people have been wrongly convicted in California. According to the Innocence Project, mistaken eyewitness identification played a role in over 70 percent ...

July 21, 2018
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Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Case of Lawrence Miranda

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2018
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Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Case of Lawrence Miranda

Back in October 2010, the Northern California Innocence Project came out with a report, “Preventable Erro ...

Back in October 2010, the Northern California Innocence Project came out with a report, “Preventable Error: A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997–2009,” that uncovered over 700 cases ...

May 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: How Prosecutors Can Serve on the Front Lines in the War against Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2018
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Commentary: How Prosecutors Can Serve on the Front Lines in the War against Wrongful Convictions

Yesterday I read an op-ed in the Cleveland newspaper where the head of the Innocence Project of Ohio, Mar ...

Yesterday I read an op-ed in the Cleveland newspaper where the head of the Innocence Project of Ohio, Mark Godsey, praised the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor for an exoneration. Mr. Godsey credits the pro ...

March 29, 2018
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For Exonerees, Getting Released Is Only the First Struggle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2018
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For Exonerees, Getting Released Is Only the First Struggle

Exonerated Inmates Receive No Services and Often Face Health, Mental, Educational, and Financial Hardship ...

Exonerated Inmates Receive No Services and Often Face Health, Mental, Educational, and Financial Hardships Upon Release It was billed as one of the largest gatherings of exonerated inmates, mobilized ...

January 19, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Promise and Failure of Conviction Integrity Units

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Promise and Failure of Conviction Integrity Units

Recently I sat down with the mother of a man convicted in Yolo County of a crime – she believes he is inn ...

Recently I sat down with the mother of a man convicted in Yolo County of a crime – she believes he is innocent and, having followed the trial and read through their evidence, I believe they at the ver ...

December 26, 2017
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Justice Watch: Another Teen Killed by Police; California Again Pushes against the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2016
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Justice Watch: Another Teen Killed by Police; California Again Pushes against the Death Penalty

In what bears some resemblance to the Tamir Rice shooting, this time in Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio cop has s ...

In what bears some resemblance to the Tamir Rice shooting, this time in Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio cop has shot and killed an 8th grader, identified as Tyre King. The teen was shot “multiple times” by C ...

September 16, 2016
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Sunday Commentary: How We Can Prevent Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 15, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: How We Can Prevent Wrongful Convictions

This was the speech I gave last night at the Vanguard Court Watch Event: Preventing Wrongful Convictions. ...

This was the speech I gave last night at the Vanguard Court Watch Event: Preventing Wrongful Convictions. This has been an interesting year for the Vanguard Court Watch. When we started the program ba ...

November 15, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Ending Wrongful Convictions

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 26, 2015
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Ending Wrongful Convictions

by Lorenzo Johnson The record number of exonerations of innocent prisoners last year shows that something ...

by Lorenzo Johnson The record number of exonerations of innocent prisoners last year shows that something is very wrong with our judicial system. If the saying "the proof is in the numbers" is true, t ...

October 26, 2015
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New Witnesses Might Be Key to Glossip’s Death Penalty Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2015
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New Witnesses Might Be Key to Glossip’s Death Penalty Case

A week and a half ago we wrote of an unusual coalition arguing in support of Richard Glossip, convicted a ...

A week and a half ago we wrote of an unusual coalition arguing in support of Richard Glossip, convicted and sentenced to death for arranging the 1997 murder of the owner of a run-down motel he was man ...

September 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Unusual Coalition Warns Oklahoma Governor About Impending Execution of An Innocent Person

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2015
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Unusual Coalition Warns Oklahoma Governor About Impending Execution of An Innocent Person

By most accounts, it is a highly unusual coalition of people who wrote a letter this week to Oklahoma Gov ...

By most accounts, it is a highly unusual coalition of people who wrote a letter this week to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin asking her to stay the execution of Richard Glossip so that concerns about gu ...

September 14, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Tragic Story of John O’Brien

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2015
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Commentary: The Tragic Story of John O’Brien

The saga of former high school teacher John O’Brien ended last week with the announcement by his attorney ...

The saga of former high school teacher John O’Brien ended last week with the announcement by his attorney that he had accepted a plea agreement that allowed him to serve a 31-day house arrest followed ...

July 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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State Auditor Blasts the California Bar for Failing to Discipline Attorneys Who Fail to Meet Professional Responsibilities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2015
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State Auditor Blasts the California Bar for Failing to Discipline Attorneys Who Fail to Meet Professional Responsibilities

Earlier this year, the LA Times ran a story where federal judges accused the California State Bar of turn ...

Earlier this year, the LA Times ran a story where federal judges accused the California State Bar of turning a blind eye to an “epidemic” of prosecutorial misconduct. That was just the most recent exa ...

June 19, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Global Cooling, Prosecutorial Misconduct and More

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 09, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Global Cooling, Prosecutorial Misconduct and More

Global Cooling One of the more interesting arguments I hear against Global Warming is that ‒ 40 years ago ...

Global Cooling One of the more interesting arguments I hear against Global Warming is that ‒ 40 years ago – at least some scientists believed that the earth was cooling. An April 28, 1975 Newsweek art ...

March 09, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

The protests and police shootings in Ferguson and Staten Island have focused on the disproportionate blac ...

The protests and police shootings in Ferguson and Staten Island have focused on the disproportionate black and minority component within the legal system. So it should be little surprise that blacks a ...

January 05, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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California Needs to Pass Law on Exculpatory Evidence

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2014
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California Needs to Pass Law on Exculpatory Evidence

By Barry Scheck and Laurie Levenson More than half a century ago, the Supreme Court established a rule th ...

By Barry Scheck and Laurie Levenson More than half a century ago, the Supreme Court established a rule that requires prosecutors to turn over to defense attorneys any evidence pointing to a defendant' ...

December 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Report: Conviction Integrity Units Form Vital Link For Reform Efforts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2014
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Report: Conviction Integrity Units Form Vital Link For Reform Efforts

In October of this year, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that his office has created ...

In October of this year, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that his office has created “a Conviction Integrity Unit to review all post conviction assertions of innocence.” In the pre ...

December 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Will Yolo Convictions Integrity Unit Go Far Enough?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Will Yolo Convictions Integrity Unit Go Far Enough?

In 2011, Maurice Caldwell came to speak at the Vanguard’s first Dinner and Awards Ceremony. He had just b ...

In 2011, Maurice Caldwell came to speak at the Vanguard’s first Dinner and Awards Ceremony. He had just been released from prison after serving nearly 20 years for a crime he did not commit. Not only ...

October 13, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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