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Probation System Squeezes the Poor and Feeds Mass Incarceration

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|Date: November 19, 2018
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Probation System Squeezes the Poor and Feeds Mass Incarceration

By Andrea Young Charles “Skip” Eckartz, a 63-year-old disabled veteran, and his wife, Virginia “Ginny” Ec ...

By Andrea Young Charles “Skip” Eckartz, a 63-year-old disabled veteran, and his wife, Virginia “Ginny” Eckartz, were arrested in their Georgia home for manufacturing marijuana. They were incarcerated ...

November 19, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Advocate Warns of a Coming System of “E-Carceration”

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 11, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Advocate Warns of a Coming System of “E-Carceration”

More than anything else, the 2010 book by Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the ...

More than anything else, the 2010 book by Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, laid the foundation for criminal justice reform efforts. However, I th ...

November 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Ending Mass Incarceration and Reinventing the Role of the Modern Prosecutor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Ending Mass Incarceration and Reinventing the Role of the Modern Prosecutor

The New Yorker this week has a feature article on Larry Krasner, the reform-minded district attorney of P ...

The New Yorker this week has a feature article on Larry Krasner, the reform-minded district attorney of Philadelphia. After watching Dean Johansson this year nearly pull off his own improbable run, i ...

October 29, 2018
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Man Gets Eight Years in Mississippi For Medical Marijuana Purchased Legally in Another State

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2018
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Man Gets Eight Years in Mississippi For Medical Marijuana Purchased Legally in Another State

By Ezekiel Edwards Patrick Beadle, a 46-year-old father and musician, received an eight-year prison sente ...

By Ezekiel Edwards Patrick Beadle, a 46-year-old father and musician, received an eight-year prison sentence in Mississippi for possessing 2.89 pounds of marijuana. If his sentence stands, he would sp ...

October 23, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: The Arrogance of Incumbency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: The Arrogance of Incumbency

Doesn't an Elected Official Owe It to the Voters to Participate in Candidate Forums? Dean Johansson tells ...

Doesn't an Elected Official Owe It to the Voters to Participate in Candidate Forums? Dean Johansson tells the story about his encounter with Jeff Reisig: “I did track him down on the street when he wa ...

April 08, 2018
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Reisig a No-Show at King Hall Law School Candidates Forum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2018
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Reisig a No-Show at King Hall Law School Candidates Forum

Students at UC Davis’ Law School invited both DA candidates to participate in a candidates forum. Challe ...

Students at UC Davis’ Law School invited both DA candidates to participate in a candidates forum. Challenger Dean Johansson showed up, but incumbent Jeff Reisig was once again a no-show, never respon ...

April 06, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does a Prosecutor Have to Be Tough on Crime?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does a Prosecutor Have to Be Tough on Crime?

I found Matt Rexroad's letter in support of DA Jeff Reisig interesting. I asked him if he would submit i ...

I found Matt Rexroad's letter in support of DA Jeff Reisig interesting. I asked him if he would submit it to the Vanguard, but he declined, suggesting this wasn't the audience he wanted to reach. Fin ...

April 02, 2018
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Commentary: Should There Be Effective Life Without Parole in Non-Capital Cases?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 20, 2018
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Commentary: Should There Be Effective Life Without Parole in Non-Capital Cases?

Last week Judge David Reed sentenced Joseph Hernandez to 93 years in prison. That means the 26-year-old ...

Last week Judge David Reed sentenced Joseph Hernandez to 93 years in prison. That means the 26-year-old would effectively be 119 at the time his sentence expires, or 106 by the time he is eligible fo ...

March 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Making a Life After Incarceration Shouldn’t Be Impossible

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|Date: February 11, 2018
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Making a Life After Incarceration Shouldn’t Be Impossible

By Laurin Leonard In 2012, I founded an organization called Mission: Launch with my mom. Based out of Bal ...

By Laurin Leonard In 2012, I founded an organization called Mission: Launch with my mom. Based out of Baltimore, Mission:Launch helps formerly incarcerated individuals become self-sufficient faster. F ...

February 11, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Become Yolo’s Larry Krasner?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Become Yolo’s Larry Krasner?

In November, Larry Krasner, a man who spent his career defending criminals and protecting civil rights an ...

In November, Larry Krasner, a man who spent his career defending criminals and protecting civil rights and who campaigned on reforming a criminal justice system that he described as overly punitive an ...

January 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Breaking News: Johansson Formally Announces for DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2018
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Breaking News: Johansson Formally Announces for DA

Flanked by supporters, and pledging to “provide justice for all,” longtime Yolo County Deputy Public Defe ...

Flanked by supporters, and pledging to “provide justice for all,” longtime Yolo County Deputy Public Defender Dean Johansson formally announced Thursday morning that he is running for Yolo County Dist ...

January 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Ending Mass Incarceration Is a Winner for Politicians

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|Date: January 16, 2018
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Ending Mass Incarceration Is a Winner for Politicians

By Inimai Chettiar & Udi Ofer For decades, politicians competed to see who could push the most dracon ...

By Inimai Chettiar & Udi Ofer For decades, politicians competed to see who could push the most draconian criminal justice policies. Jeff Sessions's announcement this month that he would authorize ...

January 16, 2018
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Jared Kushner’s Prison Reform Plan Doesn’t Promise Much

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|Date: January 13, 2018
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Jared Kushner’s Prison Reform Plan Doesn’t Promise Much

By Marc Mauer On Thursday, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner hosted a listening session for his fa ...

By Marc Mauer On Thursday, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner hosted a listening session for his father-in-law, President Donald Trump, on prison reform. Unfortunately, his plans don’t inspire m ...

January 13, 2018
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Commentary: Overcharging is a Real Thing Especially in Yolo

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2017
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Commentary: Overcharging is a Real Thing Especially in Yolo

I have been reading the book by John Pfaff, Locked In, which seeks to explain mass incarceration, and he ...

I have been reading the book by John Pfaff, Locked In, which seeks to explain mass incarceration, and he has an interesting data analysis pushing away from what he calls “the standard story” of the ex ...

December 29, 2017
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Analysis: Black Imprisonment Rates Are Going Down and No One Knows Just Why

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2017
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Analysis: Black Imprisonment Rates Are Going Down and No One Knows Just Why

The Marshall Project reported on Friday that from 2000-2015 the rate of incarceration for black men fell ...

The Marshall Project reported on Friday that from 2000-2015 the rate of incarceration for black men fell by 24 percent while the rate for black women fell by 50 percent. However, during the same peri ...

December 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors Are Out of Step with Public Views

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2017
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Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors Are Out of Step with Public Views

By Taylor Pendergrass “Mass incarceration is a myth.” Racial bias in the criminal justice system “is the ...

By Taylor Pendergrass “Mass incarceration is a myth.” Racial bias in the criminal justice system “is the most ludicrous concept ever.” Data on sexual assault prosecutions should be kept secret because ...

December 14, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Jay-Z’s Column Illustrates Problem with Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2017
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My View: Jay-Z’s Column Illustrates Problem with Criminal Justice System

Earlier this month a rapper, Meek Mill, was sentenced to two to four years in prison for probation violat ...

Earlier this month a rapper, Meek Mill, was sentenced to two to four years in prison for probation violations. Back in 2008, the now 30-year-old was convicted on charges related to possession of guns ...

November 18, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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91 Percent of Americans Support Criminal Justice Reform, ACLU Polling Finds

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|Date: November 18, 2017
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91 Percent of Americans Support Criminal Justice Reform, ACLU Polling Finds

(From press release) - The American Civil Liberties Union Campaign for Smart Justice released new public ...

(From press release) - The American Civil Liberties Union Campaign for Smart Justice released new public opinion polling today that shows consensus support for criminal justice reform across the ideol ...

November 18, 2017
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Commentary: Another Overcharged Case in Yolo – 85 to 100 Years for Gang Robberies?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2017
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Commentary: Another Overcharged Case in Yolo – 85 to 100 Years for Gang Robberies?

The case of Joshua Armond Cadenaz-Lopez and Ricky Gomez Hernandez was covered extensively over the course ...

The case of Joshua Armond Cadenaz-Lopez and Ricky Gomez Hernandez was covered extensively over the course of a five-week trial. The Vanguard involvement in this case actually began at their arrest la ...

November 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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The 2017 Elections Show Criminal Justice Reform Can Be a Winning Issue

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|Date: November 10, 2017
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The 2017 Elections Show Criminal Justice Reform Can Be a Winning Issue

By Udi Ofer On Election Day 2017, candidates in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Virginia, and New York won on p ...

By Udi Ofer On Election Day 2017, candidates in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Virginia, and New York won on platforms that proactively embraced criminal justice reform or rejected fear-mongering attempts ...

November 10, 2017
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