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Everyday Injustice Episode 184: Wrongful Conviction for a Crime That Never Happened

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|Date: January 23, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Episode 184: Wrongful Conviction for a Crime That Never Happened

This week on Everyday Injustice, Jessica Henry talks about people who are convicted of crimes that never ...

This week on Everyday Injustice, Jessica Henry talks about people who are convicted of crimes that never happened. There are whole classes of such wrongful convictions—some based on flawed forensic sc ...

January 23, 2023
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The Innocence Project Touts 13 Laws in 9 States Favoring Wrongfully Convicted

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|Date: December 30, 2022
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The Innocence Project Touts 13 Laws in 9 States Favoring Wrongfully Convicted

By Caleigh Carlisle and Citlalli Florez NEW YORK, NY - The Innocence Project recently produced a report t ...

By Caleigh Carlisle and Citlalli Florez NEW YORK, NY - The Innocence Project recently produced a report touting its 2022 victories on behalf of the wrongfully convicted people—the group notes it aims ...

December 30, 2022
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Dozens of CHP Officers Dodge Criminal Consequences after Judge Offers ‘Sweet’ Plea Deal over Objection of CA Attorney General

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|Date: December 02, 2022
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Dozens of CHP Officers Dodge Criminal Consequences after Judge Offers ‘Sweet’ Plea Deal over Objection of CA Attorney General

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – Felony wage theft and fraud charges filed against 51 California H ...

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – Felony wage theft and fraud charges filed against 51 California Highway Patrol officers were tossed Thursday by a judge here when the accused officers agreed to ...

December 02, 2022
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Missouri Executes Black Man after Courts Refuse Appeals – Lawmaker Charges ‘Criminal Justice System’ Failed Kevin Johnson

Posted by Taylor Smith
|Date: December 02, 2022
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Missouri Executes Black Man after Courts Refuse Appeals – Lawmaker Charges ‘Criminal Justice System’ Failed Kevin Johnson

By Taylor Smith and Alyssa Eng BONNE TERRE, MO – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (MO) has released a statement critic ...

By Taylor Smith and Alyssa Eng BONNE TERRE, MO – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (MO) has released a statement critical of the execution, after 17 years on death row, of Kevin Johnson who was executed Tuesday nig ...

December 02, 2022
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Berkeley City Council Tables Confirmation of Jennifer Louis as Chief of Police after Community Members Speak Out against Leaked Berkeley Police Department Texts Containing Racist and Anti-homeless Statements

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 18, 2022
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Berkeley City Council Tables Confirmation of Jennifer Louis as Chief of Police after Community Members Speak Out against Leaked Berkeley Police Department Texts Containing Racist and Anti-homeless Statements

By Patty Yao BERKELEY, CA — On Nov. 14, 2022, Nathan Mizell, Vice-Chair of the Berkeley Police Acc ...

By Patty Yao BERKELEY, CA — On Nov. 14, 2022, Nathan Mizell, Vice-Chair of the Berkeley Police Accountability Board released a statement about the allegations of police misconduct revealed by a ...

November 18, 2022
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Ruling by Court Means Police in Syracuse and Rochester, NY, Can No Longer Shield Misconduct Records from the Public

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|Date: November 12, 2022
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Ruling by Court Means Police in Syracuse and Rochester, NY, Can No Longer Shield Misconduct Records from the Public

Special to the Vanguard New York, CA - Syracuse and Rochester police can no longer ignore the law and con ...

Special to the Vanguard New York, CA - Syracuse and Rochester police can no longer ignore the law and continue to shield their misconduct records from the public. In the New York Civil Liberties Unio ...

November 12, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Compilation – Best of Everyday Injustice Reflecting on Progress

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|Date: August 29, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Compilation – Best of Everyday Injustice Reflecting on Progress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYIJcJEHgo Since 2019, Everyday Injustice has brought you interviews wit ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYIJcJEHgo Since 2019, Everyday Injustice has brought you interviews with the leaders of the criminal justice realm as well as the tragic stories of everyday injustice ...

August 29, 2022
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Police Misconduct Leads Contra Costa County DA to Admit to Dismissing Dozens of Cases in State, Federal Court

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|Date: July 18, 2022
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Police Misconduct Leads Contra Costa County DA to Admit to Dismissing Dozens of Cases in State, Federal Court

By Vanguard Staff CONTRA COSTA, CA — Dozens of state cases—and at least a dozen federal cases—have been “ ...

By Vanguard Staff CONTRA COSTA, CA — Dozens of state cases—and at least a dozen federal cases—have been “compromised” and will be halted or reversed because of police officer misconduct and actual cri ...

July 18, 2022
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Burris Goes to Black Wall Street to Hold Presser for Woman Mistreated by Arkansas Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2022
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Burris Goes to Black Wall Street to Hold Presser for Woman Mistreated by Arkansas Police

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Tulsa, OK – The day after Juneteenth, John Burris and his staff us ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Tulsa, OK – The day after Juneteenth, John Burris and his staff used the historic backdrop of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, the site of racial violence against a bu ...

June 22, 2022
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Two Years after Floyd, President Biden to Advance Historic Executive Order on Police Accountability

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2022
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Two Years after Floyd, President Biden to Advance Historic Executive Order on Police Accountability

By David M. Greenwald Executive Director Washington, DC – On the two year anniversary of the murder of Ge ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Director Washington, DC – On the two year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, President Biden will sign a historic executive order “to advance effective, account ...

May 25, 2022
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Khan Blasts Rosen’s Failure to Hold SJPD Officer Accountable for Sexual Assault

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 24, 2022
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Khan Blasts Rosen’s Failure to Hold SJPD Officer Accountable for Sexual Assault

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA – It is the kind of story that garners media headline ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA – It is the kind of story that garners media headlines, a San Jose police officer was charged on allegations that he masturbated in front of a famil ...

May 24, 2022
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DC Lawmakers, Officials Urge Legislation to Deal with True Financial Cost of Police Misconduct after Washington Post Probe

Posted by Delilah Hammons
|Date: March 30, 2022
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DC Lawmakers, Officials Urge Legislation to Deal with True Financial Cost of Police Misconduct after Washington Post Probe

By Delilah Hammons WASHINGTON, DC - A The Washington Post story earlier this month, “Officials call for t ...

By Delilah Hammons WASHINGTON, DC - A The Washington Post story earlier this month, “Officials call for transparency on payments for police misconduct allegations after Washington Post investigation” ...

March 30, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part Two

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part Two

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney candidates met on Wednesday i ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney candidates met on Wednesday in a candidates' forum hosted by the Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County and Urban ...

March 26, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part One

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part One

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney Candidates met on Wednesday i ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney Candidates met on Wednesday in a candidates forum hosted by the Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County and Urban P ...

March 25, 2022
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SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 05, 2022
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SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct

By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District At ...

By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District Attorney Chesa Boudin to withdraw from their agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), on ...

March 05, 2022
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Federal Judge Finds SF Police Are the Ones Who Failed to Turn Over Evidence in Stangel Beating of Decari Spiers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2022
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Federal Judge Finds SF Police Are the Ones Who Failed to Turn Over Evidence in Stangel Beating of Decari Spiers

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – When Chief Bill Scott of the San Francisco Pol ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – When Chief Bill Scott of the San Francisco Police Department pulled out of an MOU in early February, Attorney Curtis Briggs who represents th ...

March 03, 2022
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Family Sues After K-9 Bites Face of Man Suffering Mental Health Break in Visalia

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2021
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Family Sues After K-9 Bites Face of Man Suffering Mental Health Break in Visalia

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Visalia, CA – It was another case where a family called the police ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Visalia, CA – It was another case where a family called the police after their loved one was having a psychiatric emergency and the police came and the situation ...

December 01, 2021
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NY Group Releases Guide ‘Tracking Police Misconduct: How Prosecutors Can Fulfill Their Ethical Obligations and Hold Police Accountable’

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: November 30, 2021
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NY Group Releases Guide ‘Tracking Police Misconduct: How Prosecutors Can Fulfill Their Ethical Obligations and Hold Police Accountable’

By Ramneet Singh and Samuel Van Blaricom NEW YORK, NY – In the wake of a series of highly publicized inci ...

By Ramneet Singh and Samuel Van Blaricom NEW YORK, NY – In the wake of a series of highly publicized incidents of police misconduct across the country, specifically those that inflame racial tensions ...

November 30, 2021
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PA Court Unanimously Holds Philly Police Must Provide Officer Conduct Info to District Attorney Office

Posted by Casey Rawlings
|Date: November 15, 2021
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PA Court Unanimously Holds Philly Police Must Provide Officer Conduct Info to District Attorney Office

By Casey Rawlings PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania decided in a unanimous vote l ...

By Casey Rawlings PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania decided in a unanimous vote last week the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) must provide officer misconduct information t ...

November 15, 2021
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My View: New Data Sheds Additional Light on Police Killing and Use Force, Especially Racial Disparities in Them

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 30, 2021
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My View: New Data Sheds Additional Light on Police Killing and Use Force, Especially Racial Disparities in Them

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor PPIC this week released a key study of Police Use of Force and Mis ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor PPIC this week released a key study of Police Use of Force and Misoncudct in California. Researchers Deepak Premkumar, Alexandria Gumbs, Shannon McConville, and ...

October 30, 2021
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