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Yolo Maintains Zero Bail Schedule after Judicial Council Ends It Statewide

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2020
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Yolo Maintains Zero Bail Schedule after Judicial Council Ends It Statewide

Last week the California Judicial Council—over the strenuous objection of reformers and public defenders ...

Last week the California Judicial Council—over the strenuous objection of reformers and public defenders across the state—ended the emergency bail schedule, or zero bail. But on Wednesday, Yolo Count ...

June 19, 2020
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California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal Strikes Down on Misinterpretation of $0 Bail Schedule

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|Date: May 04, 2020
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California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal Strikes Down on Misinterpretation of $0 Bail Schedule

By Linh Nguyen Confusion over the interpretation of Emergency Rule 4, which establishes a statewide Emerg ...

By Linh Nguyen Confusion over the interpretation of Emergency Rule 4, which establishes a statewide Emergency Bail Schedule, was addressed as petitioners challenge the consistency of an order in San D ...

May 04, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Should Shaun Moore Have Been Released?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Should Shaun Moore Have Been Released?

by David Greenwald It was a bizarre case to begin with. Shaun Moore, 40, made headlines locally when h ...

by David Greenwald It was a bizarre case to begin with. Shaun Moore, 40, made headlines locally when he was arrested for allegedly stealing a COVID-19 test sample from a Davis hospital. He is facin ...

May 03, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo Sheriff Opposes Zero Bail Order – Doesn’t Explain Why

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo Sheriff Opposes Zero Bail Order – Doesn’t Explain Why

I have been surprised for how long local Yolo County officials have stayed out of what has become a natio ...

I have been surprised for how long local Yolo County officials have stayed out of what has become a national discussion, practiced at each local level about criminal justice reform. We have still not ...

April 20, 2020
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Some Sac Jail Detainees Targeted for ‘No Bail’ Release May Be Held After All

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|Date: April 14, 2020
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Some Sac Jail Detainees Targeted for ‘No Bail’ Release May Be Held After All

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County District Attorn ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office isn’t going down without a fight. When the State Judicial Council unanimously appro ...

April 14, 2020
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Sacramento DA Files Motion Days before Inmates to be Released under Emergency COVID-19 Order

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|Date: April 13, 2020
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Sacramento DA Files Motion Days before Inmates to be Released under Emergency COVID-19 Order

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – THE VANGUARD has learned that the Sac ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – THE VANGUARD has learned that the Sacramento County District Attorney late Friday has created a “no-release” list of about 100 peopl ...

April 13, 2020
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Prisoner Advocates Charge CA ‘Shuffling Deck Chairs on Titanic’ during COVID-19 Threat

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|Date: April 12, 2020
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Prisoner Advocates Charge CA ‘Shuffling Deck Chairs on Titanic’ during COVID-19 Threat

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – THE VANGUARD has learned that Friday ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – THE VANGUARD has learned that Friday – nearly a week after a federal court panel rejected an emergency plea to release potentially t ...

April 12, 2020
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State Judicial Council Drops Bail to Zero for Most in Move to Blunt COVID-19

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 07, 2020
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State Judicial Council Drops Bail to Zero for Most in Move to Blunt COVID-19

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Progressive reforms sought for decade ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Progressive reforms sought for decades – the dissolution of bail to minimize the number of incarcerated in jails, and consideration ...

April 07, 2020
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ACLU Concerned about Due Process Rights under COVID-19 Court Policies

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|Date: March 30, 2020
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ACLU Concerned about Due Process Rights under COVID-19 Court Policies

(The following is a letter from Friday, March 27, from Kathleen Guneratne, Senior Staff Attorney for the ...

(The following is a letter from Friday, March 27, from Kathleen Guneratne, Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU). Dear Honorable Members of the Judicial Council: The American Civil Liberties Union Found ...

March 30, 2020
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Breaking News: Sac NLG Criticizes Judicial Council’s Halloween Party

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|Date: July 25, 2017
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Breaking News: Sac NLG Criticizes Judicial Council’s Halloween Party

State Judicial Council Racist Halloween Party Strongly Criticized in Letter to CA Supreme Court Justice b ...

State Judicial Council Racist Halloween Party Strongly Criticized in Letter to CA Supreme Court Justice by Sacramento Chapter of First and Oldest Racially Integrated U.S. Bar Association (From Press ...

July 25, 2017
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Black Robes and Blackface

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|Date: July 21, 2017
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Black Robes and Blackface

by Jeff Adachi As public defenders, we witness the racism embedded in the criminal justice system. But se ...

by Jeff Adachi As public defenders, we witness the racism embedded in the criminal justice system. But seeing it explicitly celebrated at an office party sponsored by judges was a new one on us. Recen ...

July 21, 2017
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New Report Alleges Commission on Judicial Performance Doesn’t Measure Up

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|Date: March 26, 2016
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New Report Alleges Commission on Judicial Performance Doesn’t Measure Up

Judicial Discipline Agency To Be Challenged at Monday Budget Hearing by Kathleen Russell Court reform adv ...

Judicial Discipline Agency To Be Challenged at Monday Budget Hearing by Kathleen Russell Court reform advocates from across the state are expected to weigh in with lawmakers on Monday, March 28th abou ...

March 26, 2016
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A Discussion on Hate – Attacks on the LGBTQ+ Community in Davis

Guest Commentary: Densifying Davis – A Four-Part Strategy

Letter: Legislators Call for Permanent Place in the State Budget for Homelessness Programs and Affordable Housing

GeminiBio Opens New State-of-Art Biotech Facilities in West Sacramento

Steinberg Latest to Back Cabaldon for Senate

VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Race Is at the Root

California Assembly Approves ‘HOME Act’ to End ICE Grabbing Immigrants as They Are Released from State Custody

REPORT: 2023 Amendments to New York Bail Reform Provides Judges More Discretion

Alameda County ‘Rocked’ by ‘Scandals’ in Late May – 3 Officers Charged by District Attorney

Project Submitted for the Hibbert Site

Yolo Maintains Zero Bail Schedule after Judicial Council Ends It Statewide

Yolo Maintains Zero Bail Schedule after Judicial Council Ends It Statewide

California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal Strikes Down on Misinterpretation of $0 Bail Schedule

California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal Strikes Down on Misinterpretation of $0 Bail Schedule

Sunday Commentary: Should Shaun Moore Have Been Released?

Sunday Commentary: Should Shaun Moore Have Been Released?

Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo Sheriff Opposes Zero Bail Order – Doesn’t Explain Why

Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo Sheriff Opposes Zero Bail Order – Doesn’t Explain Why

Some Sac Jail Detainees Targeted for ‘No Bail’ Release May Be Held After All

Some Sac Jail Detainees Targeted for ‘No Bail’ Release May Be Held After All

Sacramento DA Files Motion Days before Inmates to be Released under Emergency COVID-19 Order

Sacramento DA Files Motion Days before Inmates to be Released under Emergency COVID-19 Order

Prisoner Advocates Charge CA ‘Shuffling Deck Chairs on Titanic’ during COVID-19 Threat

Prisoner Advocates Charge CA ‘Shuffling Deck Chairs on Titanic’ during COVID-19 Threat

State Judicial Council Drops Bail to Zero for Most in Move to Blunt COVID-19

State Judicial Council Drops Bail to Zero for Most in Move to Blunt COVID-19

ACLU Concerned about Due Process Rights under COVID-19 Court Policies

ACLU Concerned about Due Process Rights under COVID-19 Court Policies

Breaking News: Sac NLG Criticizes Judicial Council’s Halloween Party

Breaking News: Sac NLG Criticizes Judicial Council’s Halloween Party

Black Robes and Blackface

Black Robes and Blackface

New Report Alleges Commission on Judicial Performance Doesn’t Measure Up

New Report Alleges Commission on Judicial Performance Doesn’t Measure Up

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