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Trial Proceeds for Man Charged with 25 Counts Involving Murder – Judge Clashes with Defense, Mystery Witness Won’t Speak

Posted by Lois Yoo
|Date: July 29, 2021
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Trial Proceeds for Man Charged with 25 Counts Involving Murder – Judge Clashes with Defense, Mystery Witness Won’t Speak

By Lois Yoo and Tatiana Gasca ALAMEDA, CA - Marius Dante Robinson’s jury trial on murder and related char ...

By Lois Yoo and Tatiana Gasca ALAMEDA, CA - Marius Dante Robinson’s jury trial on murder and related charges reconvened here Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court, and featured tense conversations ...

July 29, 2021
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California Court of Appeals Reverses Murder Conviction of Former Boyfriend

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 27, 2021
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California Court of Appeals Reverses Murder Conviction of Former Boyfriend

By Alan Vargas SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- California First Appellate District has reversed the murder convictio ...

By Alan Vargas SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- California First Appellate District has reversed the murder conviction of Sherill Smothers because of a lack of effective assistance by counsel, and ordered a new t ...

July 27, 2021
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Philadelphia Man Convicted for Murder of Trans Activist Michelle ‘Tameka’ Washington Sentenced to 25-50 years in Prison.

Posted by Casey Rawlings
|Date: July 27, 2021
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Philadelphia Man Convicted for Murder of Trans Activist Michelle ‘Tameka’ Washington Sentenced to 25-50 years in Prison.

By Casey Rawlings PHILADELPHIA, PA – Michelle “Tameka'' Washington, a trans activist cherished in the LG ...

By Casey Rawlings PHILADELPHIA, PA – Michelle “Tameka'' Washington, a trans activist cherished in the LGBTQIA+ community, was fatally shot in May of 2019. Monday, more than two years later, the Phila ...

July 27, 2021
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TRIAL: Oakland Man Pleads Not Guilty to Murder – Defense Accuses Police, Prosecutors of ‘Tunnel Vison’

Posted by Sydney Kaplan
|Date: July 26, 2021
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TRIAL: Oakland Man Pleads Not Guilty to Murder – Defense Accuses Police, Prosecutors of ‘Tunnel Vison’

By Sydney Kaplan OAKLAND – Marius Robinson pleaded not guilty to murder and several other drug and weapon ...

By Sydney Kaplan OAKLAND – Marius Robinson pleaded not guilty to murder and several other drug and weapon related charges here in an Alameda County Superior Court trial last week, accusing the Oakland ...

July 26, 2021
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Duct Tape Nightmare: Son Finds Father Wrapped Up from Head to Toe

Posted by Tatiana Gasca
|Date: July 22, 2021
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Duct Tape Nightmare: Son Finds Father Wrapped Up from Head to Toe

By Tatiana Gasca and Jeramie Gutierrez ALAMEDA, CA -- Despite not wanting to relive his trauma, t ...

By Tatiana Gasca and Jeramie Gutierrez ALAMEDA, CA -- Despite not wanting to relive his trauma, the son of a murder victim testified here Tuesday in a jury trial for the alleged killer in Alam ...

July 22, 2021
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Man Granted Pro-Per Status on the Eve of Murder Trial – Case Continued to August

Posted by Allison Hodge
|Date: July 19, 2021
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Man Granted Pro-Per Status on the Eve of Murder Trial – Case Continued to August

By Allison Hodge SACRAMENTO, CA– On the eve of his co-defendant trial ...

By Allison Hodge SACRAMENTO, CA– On the eve of his co-defendant trial set for last Friday in Sacramento County Superior Court, Ledonne Drake Thursday requested to re ...

July 19, 2021
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The Lionel Ernest Tholmer Story: Decades Incarcerated and Might Be Not Guilty

Posted by Lauren Smith
|Date: July 15, 2021
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The Lionel Ernest Tholmer Story: Decades Incarcerated and Might Be Not Guilty

By Alexander Ramirez, Ramneet Singh and Lauren Smith WOODLAND, CA - After about 35 years incarcerated, Li ...

By Alexander Ramirez, Ramneet Singh and Lauren Smith WOODLAND, CA - After about 35 years incarcerated, Lionel Ernest Tholmer, convicted of murdering a mother and her three-year-old child as well as hi ...

July 15, 2021
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No Bail Is Set for Three Men Accused of Shooting Murder in Hotel Public Parking Lot

Posted by Michelle Luu
|Date: July 08, 2021
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No Bail Is Set for Three Men Accused of Shooting Murder in Hotel Public Parking Lot

By Michelle Luu and Evelyn Peralta SACRAMENTO, CA — Three men accused of shooting and killing one person ...

By Michelle Luu and Evelyn Peralta SACRAMENTO, CA — Three men accused of shooting and killing one person, and injuring another, in a hotel parking lot will continue to be held with no bail after a he ...

July 08, 2021
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Convicted Murderers Claim Rights Violated – CA Supreme Court Turns Them Down, Justice Liu Charges Miranda Rights Under Attack

Posted by Michelle Luu
|Date: July 05, 2021
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Convicted Murderers Claim Rights Violated – CA Supreme Court Turns Them Down, Justice Liu Charges Miranda Rights Under Attack

By Michelle Luu and Benjamin Porter LOS ANGELES, CA — Convicted murderers Jaylin Godbolt, Sean Ray, and B ...

By Michelle Luu and Benjamin Porter LOS ANGELES, CA — Convicted murderers Jaylin Godbolt, Sean Ray, and Branden Markell Wise all petitioned for review, but June 30 the CA Supreme Court ruled their con ...

July 05, 2021
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Man Convicted of Murdering Landlord by Stabbing Him in Back, Neck, Heart with 3 Different Weapons

Posted by Neha Malhi
|Date: July 05, 2021
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Man Convicted of Murdering Landlord by Stabbing Him in Back, Neck, Heart with 3 Different Weapons

By Neha Malhi RIVERSIDE, CA – Albert Marchain, 29, was convicted here in Riverside County Superior Court ...

By Neha Malhi RIVERSIDE, CA – Albert Marchain, 29, was convicted here in Riverside County Superior Court this week of murdering Stanislaw Tokarski, his landlord, nearly three years ago on Nov 12, 2018 ...

July 05, 2021
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Murder Retrial: Defense Attorney Questions Whether Oakland Detective Threatened Defendant’s Family Member

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 02, 2021
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Murder Retrial: Defense Attorney Questions Whether Oakland Detective Threatened Defendant’s Family Member

By Lois Yoo OAKLAND, CA - In a retrial of a man who was convicted in 2018 in a 2016 shooting deat ...

By Lois Yoo OAKLAND, CA - In a retrial of a man who was convicted in 2018 in a 2016 shooting death, one of the detectives denied here in Alameda County Superior Court this week that he threate ...

July 02, 2021
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Defense Questions Reliability of Eyewitnesses in Ongoing Omar Herrera Murder Trial

Posted by Sophia Barberini
|Date: June 30, 2021
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Defense Questions Reliability of Eyewitnesses in Ongoing Omar Herrera Murder Trial

By Sophia Barberini and Jeramie Gutierrez SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Defense witnesses took the stand in ...

By Sophia Barberini and Jeramie Gutierrez SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Defense witnesses took the stand in San Francisco County Superior Court Tuesday for the ongoing trial of Omar Herrera, who is charg ...

June 30, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Chauvin sentencing not enough. Police oversight must be put in the hands of the people.

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 27, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Chauvin sentencing not enough. Police oversight must be put in the hands of the people.

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Brendan Cox Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22.5 years for the murder of ...

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Brendan Cox Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22.5 years for the murder of George Floyd. And while some will call this step accountability, one conviction and a lengthy s ...

June 27, 2021
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New Forensic Evidence, Suppressed Evidence Exonerates Chester Hollman – Wrongfully Convicted for 28 Years

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 18, 2021
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New Forensic Evidence, Suppressed Evidence Exonerates Chester Hollman – Wrongfully Convicted for 28 Years

(Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what will be regular reports on the wo ...

(Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what will be regular reports on the work of the CIU, which in fewer than four years has helped secure the exonerations of 20 people i ...

June 18, 2021
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Governor Orders Independent Investigation of Kevin Cooper Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 29, 2021
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Governor Orders Independent Investigation of Kevin Cooper Case

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – While the death penalty has effectively ceased in California, ther ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – While the death penalty has effectively ceased in California, there remain people on death row. One of higher profile remaining death row incarcerated people is ...

May 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Attorneys Claim Kevin Strickland Is Innocent after More than 42 Years in Prison for Triple Homicide

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 14, 2021
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Attorneys Claim Kevin Strickland Is Innocent after More than 42 Years in Prison for Triple Homicide

By Natasha Feuerstein KANSAS CITY, MO - Kevin Strickland has spent more than 42 years in prison, and yet ...

By Natasha Feuerstein KANSAS CITY, MO - Kevin Strickland has spent more than 42 years in prison, and yet the real perpetrators and the sole surviving victim maintain his innocence. The Midwest Innocen ...

May 14, 2021
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Jury Decides Murder Suspect Competent – Trial Now Scheduled

Posted by Lauren Smith
|Date: May 11, 2021
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Jury Decides Murder Suspect Competent – Trial Now Scheduled

By Minerva Melendrez RIVERSIDE, CA - Felix Arriaga Soto gets two trials. The first one ended at the end o ...

By Minerva Melendrez RIVERSIDE, CA - Felix Arriaga Soto gets two trials. The first one ended at the end of April when a jury here in Riverside County Superior Court decided he was competent to stand t ...

May 11, 2021
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Defense Objections Fall Short, ‘Imperfect’ Self Defense Claim Also Fails in Murder Prelim

Posted by Lauren Smith
|Date: May 10, 2021
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Defense Objections Fall Short, ‘Imperfect’ Self Defense Claim Also Fails in Murder Prelim

By Dorrin Akbari SACRAMENTO, CA — Judge Tami Bogert found sufficient cause to arraign defendant Joseph Yi ...

By Dorrin Akbari SACRAMENTO, CA — Judge Tami Bogert found sufficient cause to arraign defendant Joseph Yi on his felony murder charge despite several objections made by the defense. Yi was present alo ...

May 10, 2021
| by Lauren Smith

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Derek Chauvin’s Attorney Files Expected Motion for New Trial, Claiming Multiple Court Errors

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 06, 2021
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Derek Chauvin’s Attorney Files Expected Motion for New Trial, Claiming Multiple Court Errors

By William McCurry MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Defense Attorney Eric Nelson, who defended Derek Chauvin for the mur ...

By William McCurry MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Defense Attorney Eric Nelson, who defended Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, filed a motion for a new trial Tuesday, based on interests of justice, abu ...

May 06, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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SF Jury Finds Fresno Man Not Guilty of Murder, Believed Public Defender Argument He Acted Out of Self Defense

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 05, 2021
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SF Jury Finds Fresno Man Not Guilty of Murder, Believed Public Defender Argument He Acted Out of Self Defense

By Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A Fresno man accused of murder—and, because of backlog caused by Co ...

By Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A Fresno man accused of murder—and, because of backlog caused by Covid-19, waited in jail for nearly five months after he should have had his day in court—was fou ...

May 05, 2021
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