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Man Sentenced to 241 Years Released from Prison after 27 Years

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: December 05, 2022
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Man Sentenced to 241 Years Released from Prison after 27 Years

By Laurel Spear JEFFERSON CITY, MO— After being convicted in 1995 and charged with a 241-year sentence, B ...

By Laurel Spear JEFFERSON CITY, MO— After being convicted in 1995 and charged with a 241-year sentence, Bobby Bostic never imagined he would leave prison. On November 9, 2022, when he left Algoa Corre ...

December 05, 2022
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Judge Gives Off-the-Record Advice to Young Man Sentenced to 18 Years

Posted by Wayne Chan
|Date: October 31, 2022
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Judge Gives Off-the-Record Advice to Young Man Sentenced to 18 Years

By Wayne Chan MODESTO, CA— Roman Izaiah Croft was sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempted murder by ...

By Wayne Chan MODESTO, CA— Roman Izaiah Croft was sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempted murder by Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Dawna Reeves here late last week, but before he was tak ...

October 31, 2022
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Judge Sentences 23-Year-Old Man to 16 Months Rather Than Probation – It Could Have Been Worse

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: October 24, 2022
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Judge Sentences 23-Year-Old Man to 16 Months Rather Than Probation – It Could Have Been Worse

By Leslie Acevedo VENTURA, CA - A man in Ventura County Superior Court Friday was charged with felony o ...

By Leslie Acevedo VENTURA, CA - A man in Ventura County Superior Court Friday was charged with felony owning, possessing and controlling a firearm by felon or addict, and was sentenced to 16 months ...

October 24, 2022
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Judge Denies Release to Man Charged with Concealed Weapon on University Grounds

Posted by Wayne Chan
|Date: September 16, 2022
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Judge Denies Release to Man Charged with Concealed Weapon on University Grounds

By Wayne Chan WOODLAND, CA— Yolo County Superior Court Judge David Reed this week denied Deputy Public De ...

By Wayne Chan WOODLAND, CA— Yolo County Superior Court Judge David Reed this week denied Deputy Public Defender Katie Ann De Anda’s request here to release her client pretrial, who the PD claims is “t ...

September 16, 2022
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Prisoners Face Challenges Searching for a Second Chance

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|Date: August 08, 2022
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Prisoners Face Challenges Searching for a Second Chance

By F. Lee ACCORDING TO VICE Magazine’s article “What It’s Like to Look for a Job After Prison” (April 202 ...

By F. Lee ACCORDING TO VICE Magazine’s article “What It’s Like to Look for a Job After Prison” (April 2022), one of the most difficult issues for a parolee is finding a job, and the number one reason ...

August 08, 2022
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Yolo DA’s Office Fails to Show a Nexus for Sex Offender Terms and Conditions in Parole Hearing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2022
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Yolo DA’s Office Fails to Show a Nexus for Sex Offender Terms and Conditions in Parole Hearing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Judge Peter Williams on Wednesday granted a defense ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Judge Peter Williams on Wednesday granted a defense motion to strike sex offender terms and conditions for a man convicted of misdemeanor indecent ...

August 05, 2022
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Judge Releases Man Pre-Trial but Places Strict Restrictions

Posted by Angelina Sang
|Date: July 21, 2022
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Judge Releases Man Pre-Trial but Places Strict Restrictions

By Angelina Sang SANTA BARBARA, CA – Santa Barbara County Judge Raimundo Montes de Oca took a practical a ...

By Angelina Sang SANTA BARBARA, CA – Santa Barbara County Judge Raimundo Montes de Oca took a practical approach when a man already convicted of sexual felony charges against a minor allegedly struck ...

July 21, 2022
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Rally Held to Support Incarcerated Man Who Was Allegedly Over-Sentenced

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: June 22, 2022
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Rally Held to Support Incarcerated Man Who Was Allegedly Over-Sentenced

by Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA - A rally was held at the California State Capitol in support of an inc ...

by Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA - A rally was held at the California State Capitol in support of an incarcerated man who was sentenced to 39 years to life for a crime where no one was physically hur ...

June 22, 2022
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Commentary: Critics of Rodriguez Are Actually Just Opponents of Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: May 27, 2022
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Commentary: Critics of Rodriguez Are Actually Just Opponents of Criminal Justice Reform

By Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - Cynthia Rodriguez, challenger for Yolo County District Attorney, has b ...

By Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - Cynthia Rodriguez, challenger for Yolo County District Attorney, has been getting criticized for her policy approach or for being soft on crime in the last couple of ...

May 27, 2022
| by Robert JHansen

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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 153: Olinda Moyd and the Racial Disparity of Parole

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 02, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 153: Olinda Moyd and the Racial Disparity of Parole

This week on Everyday Injustice we have Howard University Law Professor Olinda Moyd discussing an under-a ...

This week on Everyday Injustice we have Howard University Law Professor Olinda Moyd discussing an under-acknowledged problem of the criminal legal system—the problems of parole and the racial disparit ...

May 02, 2022
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Judge Silences Man’s Doubts of Woodland Parole Unit to Help in Misdemeanor Arraignment

Posted by Matthew Torres
|Date: March 04, 2022
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Judge Silences Man’s Doubts of Woodland Parole Unit to Help in Misdemeanor Arraignment

By Matthew Torres WOODLAND, CA – A man in custody was muted over Zoom by a judge when expressing his doub ...

By Matthew Torres WOODLAND, CA – A man in custody was muted over Zoom by a judge when expressing his doubts about the ability of parole to get him into a residential program in a hearing here this wee ...

March 04, 2022
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Judge Snaps at Outspoken Man during Parole Violation Hearing

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 02, 2022
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Judge Snaps at Outspoken Man during Parole Violation Hearing

By Nora Dahl MODESTO, CA – Paroled felon Curtis Palmer wasn’t shy about his frustration with court delays ...

By Nora Dahl MODESTO, CA – Paroled felon Curtis Palmer wasn’t shy about his frustration with court delays here in Stanislaus County Superior Court Monday—Judge Carrie Stephens was quick to shut him do ...

February 02, 2022
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Tennessee Court Clears Way for Parole of Long-Incarcerated Pervis Payne as Early as 2027

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 01, 2022
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Tennessee Court Clears Way for Parole of Long-Incarcerated Pervis Payne as Early as 2027

The Vanguard Staff MEMPHIS, Tenn. — While the Shelby County District Attorney vowed to appeal, former dea ...

The Vanguard Staff MEMPHIS, Tenn. — While the Shelby County District Attorney vowed to appeal, former death row incarcerated Pervis Payne could be released on parole in as little as five years, thanks ...

February 01, 2022
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Death Penalty Foe Quits Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after State Resumes Executions – Governor Appoints Ex-Cop

Posted by Catherine Hamilton
|Date: January 18, 2022
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Death Penalty Foe Quits Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after State Resumes Executions – Governor Appoints Ex-Cop

By Catherine Hamilton, Ashleen Herrarte and Katherine Longjohn OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The chair of the Oklah ...

By Catherine Hamilton, Ashleen Herrarte and Katherine Longjohn OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The chair of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, Adam Luck—he apparently has reservations over the death penalty—re ...

January 18, 2022
| by Catherine Hamilton

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Man Will Miss ‘Very Nice’ Christmas Dinner in Jail after Judge Agrees to Release Him

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: December 18, 2021
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Man Will Miss ‘Very Nice’ Christmas Dinner in Jail after Judge Agrees to Release Him

By Ramneet Singh WOODLAND, CA – The “bad news” here in Yolo County Superior Court this week for “John Doe ...

By Ramneet Singh WOODLAND, CA – The “bad news” here in Yolo County Superior Court this week for “John Doe” is that he’ll apparently miss a “very nice Christmas dinner”—as described by Deputy District ...

December 18, 2021
| by Ramneet Singh

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Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Announces New Probation and Parole Policy Changes

Posted by Stacie Guevara
|Date: December 05, 2021
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Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Announces New Probation and Parole Policy Changes

By Stacie Guevara PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO), in a news confere ...

By Stacie Guevara PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO), in a news conference that was livestreamed on Facebook, District Attorney Larry Krasner said the DAO has come up ...

December 05, 2021
| by Stacie Guevara

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Henry Montgomery Finally Released on Parole After 57 Years in Prison, Conviction by All-White Jury

Posted by Sophia Barberini
|Date: November 21, 2021
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Henry Montgomery Finally Released on Parole After 57 Years in Prison, Conviction by All-White Jury

By Sophia Barberini Baton Rouge, LA – After being denied twice, 75-year-old Henry Montgomery appeared for ...

By Sophia Barberini Baton Rouge, LA – After being denied twice, 75-year-old Henry Montgomery appeared for a third time in front of the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Committee and Parole this week to ...

November 21, 2021
| by Sophia Barberini

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Man Pleads No Contest to Felony Violation of Gun Possession While on Probation, and Other Charges

Posted by Brandon Blanco
|Date: November 15, 2021
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Man Pleads No Contest to Felony Violation of Gun Possession While on Probation, and Other Charges

By Brandon Blanco SACRAMENTO, CA – Jacob Lewis appeared in a preliminary hearing here late Friday in Sacr ...

By Brandon Blanco SACRAMENTO, CA – Jacob Lewis appeared in a preliminary hearing here late Friday in Sacramento County Superior Court to plead no contest to charges of a felony violation while on prob ...

November 15, 2021
| by Brandon Blanco

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Two Men in Different Cases Won’t Be Going Home after Judge Sets High Bail, No Bail

Posted by Brandon Blanco
|Date: October 19, 2021
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Two Men in Different Cases Won’t Be Going Home after Judge Sets High Bail, No Bail

By Brandon Blanco WOODLAND, CA – Two different men, in two different cases, won’t be going home tonight a ...

By Brandon Blanco WOODLAND, CA – Two different men, in two different cases, won’t be going home tonight after Yolo County Superior Court Judge Tom Dyer continued their court dates and held them in cou ...

October 19, 2021
| by Brandon Blanco

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Chesa Boudin’s Father Gets Parole Hearing in October After Almost 40 Years of Incarceration

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: September 15, 2021
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Chesa Boudin’s Father Gets Parole Hearing in October After Almost 40 Years of Incarceration

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA – When outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently commuted the prison ...

By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA – When outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently commuted the prison sentence of David Gilbert – who was involved in the robbery of a Brinks armored car in 1981 tha ...

September 15, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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