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Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Plan Focuses on Her, Not Justice

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|Date: September 15, 2019
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Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Plan Focuses on Her, Not Justice

By Sarah Lustbader Sometimes it seems as if U.S. Senator Kamala Harris thinks we aren’t paying attention. ...

By Sarah Lustbader Sometimes it seems as if U.S. Senator Kamala Harris thinks we aren’t paying attention. She seems to assume that if she chooses the right words, the ones that are getting traction of ...

September 15, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 10 – Scott Sanders and Orange County Jail Informant Scandal

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|Date: August 31, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 10 – Scott Sanders and Orange County Jail Informant Scandal

This is one of the worst stories about official corruption we have seen in recent times in California. Ba ...

This is one of the worst stories about official corruption we have seen in recent times in California. Back in 2014, Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders was the keynote speaker at the Vanguard's a ...

August 31, 2019
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Guest Commentary: America’s Public Defenders’ Offices Are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them

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|Date: June 06, 2019
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Guest Commentary: America’s Public Defenders’ Offices Are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them

By Kamala Harris As a former prosecutor and attorney general of California, I saw our legal system at its ...

By Kamala Harris As a former prosecutor and attorney general of California, I saw our legal system at its best when we pursued justice and stood up for victims of murder, rape, and other serious crime ...

June 06, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Becerra Fails to Hold Orange County DA Accountable for Snitch Scandal

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|Date: April 21, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Becerra Fails to Hold Orange County DA Accountable for Snitch Scandal

Scandal and Failure to Hold Official Accountable Highlight the Failed Prosecutorial Oversight System It h ...

Scandal and Failure to Hold Official Accountable Highlight the Failed Prosecutorial Oversight System It has been nearly five years since Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders spoke in ...

April 21, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Critics Are Right, Kamala Harris Not a Reformer

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|Date: January 21, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Critics Are Right, Kamala Harris Not a Reformer

Ironically, a few moments ago the news came out – that Kamala Harris, California Senator and the second b ...

Ironically, a few moments ago the news came out – that Kamala Harris, California Senator and the second black woman to serve in the US Senate, will run for President in 2020. The NY Times said this m ...

January 21, 2019
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What Does the Left and Right Agree On Nationally? Housing

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|Date: January 03, 2019
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What Does the Left and Right Agree On Nationally? Housing

An article in the American Conservative argues that if there is one area in the next two years that Democ ...

An article in the American Conservative argues that if there is one area in the next two years that Democrats and Republicans can work together on it is housing policy. The crux of the article is this ...

January 03, 2019
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Commentary: AG’s Office Looks Other Way at Orange County Wrongdoing

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|Date: September 29, 2017
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Commentary: AG’s Office Looks Other Way at Orange County Wrongdoing

Back in August, we asked why the supposedly liberal California Attorney General’s office was trying to se ...

Back in August, we asked why the supposedly liberal California Attorney General’s office was trying to seek the death penalty in the case of Scott Dekraai, despite Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s (a ...

September 29, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: AG’s Office Needs to Criminally Prosecute Sheriff and DA in Orange County Case

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|Date: August 21, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: AG’s Office Needs to Criminally Prosecute Sheriff and DA in Orange County Case

We have been following this case for a long time – partly because it has been going for almost six years ...

We have been following this case for a long time – partly because it has been going for almost six years in total and the penalty portion since 2014 when Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott ...

August 21, 2017
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Commentary: California Has to Figure Out a Way to Hold Prosecutors Accountable

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|Date: May 05, 2017
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Commentary: California Has to Figure Out a Way to Hold Prosecutors Accountable

There is a rare occurrence happening in Texas, where John Jackson, the Texas prosecutor who convicted Cam ...

There is a rare occurrence happening in Texas, where John Jackson, the Texas prosecutor who convicted Cameron Todd Willingham of murdering his family by setting his own house on fire, is now facing ch ...

May 05, 2017
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AG’s Office Opens Investigation into Excessive Force and Misconduct against Kern County Law Enforcement

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|Date: December 23, 2016
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AG’s Office Opens Investigation into Excessive Force and Misconduct against Kern County Law Enforcement

(From press release) Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today opened separate civil pattern or practice in ...

(From press release) Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today opened separate civil pattern or practice investigations into the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and the Bakersfield Police Department. Cali ...

December 23, 2016
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AG, Coastal Commission File Suit to Stop Fracking off California Coastline

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|Date: December 20, 2016
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AG, Coastal Commission File Suit to Stop Fracking off California Coastline

(From Press Release) - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the California Coastal Commission today file ...

(From Press Release) - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the California Coastal Commission today filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior's final environmental assessment, w ...

December 20, 2016
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AG Harris Modifies Position on Bail, Calls It Unfair to Poor

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|Date: December 14, 2016
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AG Harris Modifies Position on Bail, Calls It Unfair to Poor

Back in June, California Attorney General Kamala Harris (now outgoing as the Senator-elect), who said in ...

Back in June, California Attorney General Kamala Harris (now outgoing as the Senator-elect), who said in a court filing that it was “constitutional for California to require criminal defendants to pos ...

December 14, 2016
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Brown Appoints Becerra as California’s Next Attorney General

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|Date: December 02, 2016
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Brown Appoints Becerra as California’s Next Attorney General

When Kamala Harris won California’s Senate race to replace Barbara Boxer, that left a vacancy at the Atto ...

When Kamala Harris won California’s Senate race to replace Barbara Boxer, that left a vacancy at the Attorney General's Office. Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday chose to fill that seat by naming Cong ...

December 02, 2016
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Appellate Court Draws Line on Prosecutorial Misconduct in Blistering Ruling in OC Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 29, 2016
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Appellate Court Draws Line on Prosecutorial Misconduct in Blistering Ruling in OC Case

In 2014, Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis to discuss a case he had been d ...

In 2014, Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis to discuss a case he had been dealing with that was about to become a national story. In a death penalty case where the defen ...

November 29, 2016
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Justice Watch: Nominees Raise Civil Rights Concerns

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|Date: November 19, 2016
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Justice Watch: Nominees Raise Civil Rights Concerns

Thirty years ago, the Senate rejected a bid by Jeff Sessions to become a federal judge. Now nominated as ...

Thirty years ago, the Senate rejected a bid by Jeff Sessions to become a federal judge. Now nominated as attorney general, the senate focuses on Senator Sessions’ record on issues of race, policing an ...

November 19, 2016
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Justice Watch: Racial Disparities Are Driving Turmoil in the System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2016
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Justice Watch: Racial Disparities Are Driving Turmoil in the System

It is appropriate that after two years of renewed questions – following Ferguson - about the role of race ...

It is appropriate that after two years of renewed questions – following Ferguson - about the role of race in the criminal justice system, on the eve of one of the most polarized elections, we are fina ...

November 07, 2016
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AG Expands Implicit Bias and Procedural Justice Training to the CHP

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|Date: October 07, 2016
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AG Expands Implicit Bias and Procedural Justice Training to the CHP

(From Press Release)-- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that her office’s first-of-its-k ...

(From Press Release)-- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that her office’s first-of-its-kind “Principled Policing: Procedural Justice and Implicit Bias” Train the Trainer course, desig ...

October 07, 2016
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AG Harris Touts Support For Legislation to End Juvenile Confinement

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|Date: June 22, 2016
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AG Harris Touts Support For Legislation to End Juvenile Confinement

While several key legislative measures to reform the criminal justice system were dealt stinging defeats ...

While several key legislative measures to reform the criminal justice system were dealt stinging defeats earlier this session, California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris has backed a key measure that ...

June 22, 2016
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Second Request: Adachi Asks for State Probe into SFPD

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|Date: June 03, 2016
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Second Request: Adachi Asks for State Probe into SFPD

From press release: In light of recent developments and for the second time in two months, San Francisco ...

From press release: In light of recent developments and for the second time in two months, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi today urged the California Attorney General to open a civil rights ...

June 03, 2016
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Yolo County Democratic Party Endorses Candidates for the Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Primary Election

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|Date: May 06, 2016
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Yolo County Democratic Party Endorses Candidates for the Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Primary Election

Democrats Endorse Candidates That Will Promote Fairness, Inclusivity and Opportunity for Californians and ...

Democrats Endorse Candidates That Will Promote Fairness, Inclusivity and Opportunity for Californians and Yolo County Communities The Yolo County Democratic Party (YCDP) has endorsed candidates for fe ...

May 06, 2016
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