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DUI Jury Trial Begins after Previous Trial Ended with Hung Jury

Posted by Britney Cao
|Date: November 02, 2022
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DUI Jury Trial Begins after Previous Trial Ended with Hung Jury

By Britney Cao and Ivan Villegas WOODLAND, CA - After a previous trial was declared a mistrial because of ...

By Britney Cao and Ivan Villegas WOODLAND, CA - After a previous trial was declared a mistrial because of a hung jury, a DUI case began a new trial earlier this week in Yolo County Superior Court amid ...

November 02, 2022
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Elderly Accused Violates Probation – Zoom Problems, Defense Claims

Posted by Ivan Villegas
|Date: October 21, 2022
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Elderly Accused Violates Probation – Zoom Problems, Defense Claims

By Ivan Villegas WOODLAND, CA - Zoom problems—and the advanced age of an accused—led to a violation of pr ...

By Ivan Villegas WOODLAND, CA - Zoom problems—and the advanced age of an accused—led to a violation of probation hearing this week in Yolo County Superior Court. Deputy Public Defender Danielle Craig ...

October 21, 2022
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Jury Claims Deadlock in DUI-Drunk Driving Case – Judge Sends Jury Back

Posted by Mihajla Milovanovic
|Date: June 24, 2022
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Jury Claims Deadlock in DUI-Drunk Driving Case – Judge Sends Jury Back

By Mihajla Milovanovic WOODLAND, CA - The jury in a DUI/drunk driving trial here in Yolo County Superior ...

By Mihajla Milovanovic WOODLAND, CA - The jury in a DUI/drunk driving trial here in Yolo County Superior Court told the judge they were hopelessly deadlocked Thursday—but the judge still sent the juro ...

June 24, 2022
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Man Denied Supervised Own Recognizance by Judge Even Though Crimes Minor

Posted by Wendy Moya
|Date: November 25, 2021
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Man Denied Supervised Own Recognizance by Judge Even Though Crimes Minor

By Wendy Moya WOODLAND, CA -- Yolo County Superior Court Judge Tom M. Dyer denied "A****"'s request for “ ...

By Wendy Moya WOODLAND, CA -- Yolo County Superior Court Judge Tom M. Dyer denied "A****"'s request for “supervised own recognizance,” release from jail with no bail required. (NOTE: The Vanguard no l ...

November 25, 2021
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Defendant Denied No Bail Release in Case of Elderly Endangerment; Parents ‘Fear for their Safety’

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: November 23, 2021
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Defendant Denied No Bail Release in Case of Elderly Endangerment; Parents ‘Fear for their Safety’

By Ramneet Singh WOODLAND, CA – Yolo County Superior Court Judge Tom Dyer late Friday denied supervised r ...

By Ramneet Singh WOODLAND, CA – Yolo County Superior Court Judge Tom Dyer late Friday denied supervised release without bail to *"A***" based on charges of elderly endangerment with a drug and mental ...

November 23, 2021
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Public Defender Pushes Prosecution for Trial in Low Level Case

Posted by Lauren Smith
|Date: November 20, 2021
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Public Defender Pushes Prosecution for Trial in Low Level Case

By Delilah Hammons WOODLAND, CA - One year ago a “Jane Doe” picked up multiple misdemeanors, followed by ...

By Delilah Hammons WOODLAND, CA - One year ago a “Jane Doe” picked up multiple misdemeanors, followed by a warrant and is now going to trial after her appearance this week in Yolo County Superior Cour ...

November 20, 2021
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Judge Adamant about Not Sending Woman with 9 Charges to Prison

Posted by Angelina Sang
|Date: November 05, 2021
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Judge Adamant about Not Sending Woman with 9 Charges to Prison

By Angelina Sang LOMPOC, CA - Judge Von Deroian of the Lompoc Division of Santa Barbara County Superior C ...

By Angelina Sang LOMPOC, CA - Judge Von Deroian of the Lompoc Division of Santa Barbara County Superior Court Tuesday sentenced Jeannette Almanza—who was facing eight misdemeanors and one felony burgl ...

November 05, 2021
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Man Sentenced to 180 Days in Jail for Multiple Felonies and Misdemeanors – Judge Tells Him to ‘Put Your Best Foot Forward’

Posted by Casey Rawlings
|Date: July 31, 2021
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Man Sentenced to 180 Days in Jail for Multiple Felonies and Misdemeanors – Judge Tells Him to ‘Put Your Best Foot Forward’

By Joseph Shepard & Casey Rawlings SANTA BARBARA, CA –Ramon Zaragoza appeared in Santa Barbara County ...

By Joseph Shepard & Casey Rawlings SANTA BARBARA, CA –Ramon Zaragoza appeared in Santa Barbara County Superior Court this week for a disposition hearing to finalize his sentence after being charge ...

July 31, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Growing Evidence of the Public Safety Benefits of Non-Prosecution of Misdemeanors

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|Date: April 03, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Growing Evidence of the Public Safety Benefits of Non-Prosecution of Misdemeanors

By Miriam Krinsky Fair and Just Prosecution Executive Director Miriam Krinsky wrote the following in resp ...

By Miriam Krinsky Fair and Just Prosecution Executive Director Miriam Krinsky wrote the following in response to a groundbreaking study conducted by Rutgers University’s Amanda Agan, Texas A&M Uni ...

April 03, 2021
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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2014
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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectivenes ...

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectiveness of mass incarceration. Following the passage of Prop. 36 in 2012, which reduced third strike ...

November 05, 2014
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Prop 47: Needed Reform or Does It Go Too Far?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2014
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Prop 47: Needed Reform or Does It Go Too Far?

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce, to misdemeanors, offenses for drug possession, petty theft, ...

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce, to misdemeanors, offenses for drug possession, petty theft, receiving stolen property or writing bad checks, when the amount involved is less than $950. I ...

October 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Housing and Environmental Needs Don’t Have to Clash

Report Finds LCFF Has Failed to Live Up to Its Promise of Equitable Outcomes

Guest Commentary: Baseless Political Attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

CURB Releases ‘Concrete Strategy’ Roadmap to Close Prisons, Urges CA Governor to Shutter 10 Prisons and Prioritize Decarceration

Bronx Defenders Responds to Proposals that would Expand Criminalization of Poverty

‘First Step Act’ – GAO Reports on Federal Efforts to Help Reduce Recidivism and Re-Entry to Federal Prisons

Defense Objects to Prosecution Request for Accused’s Juvenile Medical Records; Judge Postpones Hearing After Complaint

Judge Denies Petition of Man Seeking Resentencing in Murder Conviction During 2010 Home Invasion

League of Cities Opposes Extension of SB 35

Gun Test in Stankewitz Case Shows Gun in Evidence Is Not the Murder Weapon

DUI Jury Trial Begins after Previous Trial Ended with Hung Jury

DUI Jury Trial Begins after Previous Trial Ended with Hung Jury

Elderly Accused Violates Probation – Zoom Problems, Defense Claims

Elderly Accused Violates Probation – Zoom Problems, Defense Claims

Jury Claims Deadlock in DUI-Drunk Driving Case – Judge Sends Jury Back

Jury Claims Deadlock in DUI-Drunk Driving Case – Judge Sends Jury Back

Man Denied Supervised Own Recognizance by Judge Even Though Crimes Minor

Man Denied Supervised Own Recognizance by Judge Even Though Crimes Minor

Defendant Denied No Bail Release in Case of Elderly Endangerment; Parents ‘Fear for their Safety’

Defendant Denied No Bail Release in Case of Elderly Endangerment; Parents ‘Fear for their Safety’

Public Defender Pushes Prosecution for Trial in Low Level Case

Public Defender Pushes Prosecution for Trial in Low Level Case

Judge Adamant about Not Sending Woman with 9 Charges to Prison

Judge Adamant about Not Sending Woman with 9 Charges to Prison

Man Sentenced to 180 Days in Jail for Multiple Felonies and Misdemeanors – Judge Tells Him to ‘Put Your Best Foot Forward’

Man Sentenced to 180 Days in Jail for Multiple Felonies and Misdemeanors – Judge Tells Him to ‘Put Your Best Foot Forward’

Guest Commentary: Growing Evidence of the Public Safety Benefits of Non-Prosecution of Misdemeanors

Guest Commentary: Growing Evidence of the Public Safety Benefits of Non-Prosecution of Misdemeanors

Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

Prop 47: Needed Reform or Does It Go Too Far?

Prop 47: Needed Reform or Does It Go Too Far?

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