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Yolo Supes Sail Along on Budget Talks until DA Budget Comes Up

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|Date: September 02, 2020
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Yolo Supes Sail Along on Budget Talks until DA Budget Comes Up

By Layla Mustafa WOODLAND – Everything—surprisingly—was coming up roses Tuesday when the Yolo County Boar ...

By Layla Mustafa WOODLAND – Everything—surprisingly—was coming up roses Tuesday when the Yolo County Board of Supervisors took up the 2020-21 budget, with Chief Budget Official Mubeen Qader noting tha ...

September 02, 2020
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Parole Board Grants Parole to Davis Killer Over Objections of Yolo DA

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|Date: September 21, 2019
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Parole Board Grants Parole to Davis Killer Over Objections of Yolo DA

(From Press Release – Yolo DA) - On September 19, 2019, a Board of Parole Hearings panel granted parole t ...

(From Press Release – Yolo DA) - On September 19, 2019, a Board of Parole Hearings panel granted parole to convicted murderer Timothy Wilson. At the hearing, which took place at California State Pris ...

September 21, 2019
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DA Declines to Charge School Board Candidate Following Robbery Arrest

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2018
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DA Declines to Charge School Board Candidate Following Robbery Arrest

On Tuesday, the Yolo County District Attorney declined to charge 63-year-old, African American school boa ...

On Tuesday, the Yolo County District Attorney declined to charge 63-year-old, African American school board candidate Chris Legal with strong-arm robbery, following an incident at the Davis library la ...

October 31, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Went Wrong in the Criminal Prosecution of Eric Pape

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Went Wrong in the Criminal Prosecution of Eric Pape

Last week the Vanguard broke the tragic news about the death of Eric Pape. The most tragic aspect of the ...

Last week the Vanguard broke the tragic news about the death of Eric Pape. The most tragic aspect of the death of Mr. Pape is not only was it avoidable, it was foreseeable. While the DA’s race has b ...

May 14, 2018
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My View: White Collar Crime as a Form of White Privilege

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2018
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My View: White Collar Crime as a Form of White Privilege

This week the saga involving former Visit Yolo executive director Alan Humason, accused of embezzling nea ...

This week the saga involving former Visit Yolo executive director Alan Humason, accused of embezzling nearly $52,000 from the tourism organization, pleaded guilty to felony embezzlement. The 63-year-o ...

February 24, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo County’s Conviction Integrity Unit Has Little to Show for Itself

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 29, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo County’s Conviction Integrity Unit Has Little to Show for Itself

There was an interesting article in The Nation Magazine last week entitled: “Why Does Our Justice System ...

There was an interesting article in The Nation Magazine last week entitled: “Why Does Our Justice System Fight So Hard to Keep Innocent People Behind Bars?” The article focused on the work of Mark Go ...

January 29, 2018
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Chief Deputy DA Calls Davis “Murder Capital” of Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2015
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Chief Deputy DA Calls Davis “Murder Capital” of Yolo County

While there are times and places for off-colored jokes, murder is not a good topic for a joke, and the re ...

While there are times and places for off-colored jokes, murder is not a good topic for a joke, and the retirement presentation for the police chief is not the time to call Davis “the murder capital of ...

December 03, 2015
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My View: We Should Not Fear the End of R1 Zoning

ASUCD Passes a Resolution to End the Use of Degrading Terms Like ‘Illegal’ and ‘Alien’

Jeffrey Deskovic on Gov Cuomo Signing Legislature Establishing Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct

Guest Commentary: Nevada City Area Grandmothers Travel to Minnesota by Train to Stop Oil Pipeline

First Step Toward Drug-Related Sentencing Reform

Attorneys Argue Whether to Trust DNA or Video Evidence in Attempted Rape

Defendant’s Plea for 2nd Chance Denied, Judge Orders Defendant to Go Back to Jail

Defendant Objects to Zoom Prelim Hearing

The Case of the Out-of-State Defendant, and Whether He Has an Attorney or Is Representing Self in Court

Audio Problems and Crying Baby Disrupt Defendants’ Preliminary Hearing Over Zoom

Yolo Supes Sail Along on Budget Talks until DA Budget Comes Up

Yolo Supes Sail Along on Budget Talks until DA Budget Comes Up

Parole Board Grants Parole to Davis Killer Over Objections of Yolo DA

Parole Board Grants Parole to Davis Killer Over Objections of Yolo DA

DA Declines to Charge School Board Candidate Following Robbery Arrest

DA Declines to Charge School Board Candidate Following Robbery Arrest

Monday Morning Thoughts: What Went Wrong in the Criminal Prosecution of Eric Pape

Monday Morning Thoughts: What Went Wrong in the Criminal Prosecution of Eric Pape

My View: White Collar Crime as a Form of White Privilege

My View: White Collar Crime as a Form of White Privilege

Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo County’s Conviction Integrity Unit Has Little to Show for Itself

Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo County’s Conviction Integrity Unit Has Little to Show for Itself

Chief Deputy DA Calls Davis “Murder Capital” of Yolo County

Chief Deputy DA Calls Davis “Murder Capital” of Yolo County

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