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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 10 – Scott Sanders and Orange County Jail Informant Scandal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 10 – Scott Sanders and Orange County Jail Informant Scandal

This is one of the worst stories about official corruption we have seen in recent times in California. Ba ...

This is one of the worst stories about official corruption we have seen in recent times in California. Back in 2014, Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders was the keynote speaker at the Vanguard's a ...

August 31, 2019
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How Warren and Sanders Would Overhaul the Criminal System

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 23, 2019
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How Warren and Sanders Would Overhaul the Criminal System

By Sarah Lustbader This week, the two most progressive frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomin ...

By Sarah Lustbader This week, the two most progressive frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, added their criminal justice proposals to ...

August 23, 2019
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My View: Clarence Thomas Once Again Not Going to Protect Us from Rogue Prosecutors

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2019
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My View: Clarence Thomas Once Again Not Going to Protect Us from Rogue Prosecutors

In a rare dissent, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ignored the concerns of his colleagues in the Mi ...

In a rare dissent, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ignored the concerns of his colleagues in the Mississippi death penalty case against Curtis Flowers, who in 1996 allegedly murdered four people ...

June 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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PD Investigator Alleges Witness Coaching by the Deputy DA

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 17, 2019
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PD Investigator Alleges Witness Coaching by the Deputy DA

On Thursday, a public defender investigator was called by the defense to take the stand in the case of An ...

On Thursday, a public defender investigator was called by the defense to take the stand in the case of Antonio Carter-Bibbs and Patricia Kenard, where Mr. Carter-Bibbs faces charges of the molestation ...

June 17, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty, Media Coverage and the Court Watch

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 17, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty, Media Coverage and the Court Watch

A friend and reader pointed me over the weekend to a column from Nicholas Kristof entitled, “When We Kill ...

A friend and reader pointed me over the weekend to a column from Nicholas Kristof entitled, “When We Kill.” The author argues, “Everything you think you know about the death penalty is wrong,” and th ...

June 17, 2019
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Judge Denies Defense Contention That Video Evidence Unconstitutionally Withheld and Doctored by Deputy DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 11, 2019
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Judge Denies Defense Contention That Video Evidence Unconstitutionally Withheld and Doctored by Deputy DA

By Galen Yun A motion for a new trial in the matter of Mr. Kenneth Escobar was dismissed today despite pr ...

By Galen Yun A motion for a new trial in the matter of Mr. Kenneth Escobar was dismissed today despite protests from Mr. Escobar’s attorney, Ms. Arielle Brown. Ms. Brown argued that video evidence was ...

June 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Four Cases from SF to Sac Illustrate the State of the Injustice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 10, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Four Cases from SF to Sac Illustrate the State of the Injustice System

The Vanguard is now covering cases from San Francisco to Sacramento and we find injustice across the boar ...

The Vanguard is now covering cases from San Francisco to Sacramento and we find injustice across the board. In San Francisco, we have been covering the case of Antonio Carter Bibbs accused of molestin ...

June 10, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA Protects Some Victims, but Not All

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 29, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA Protects Some Victims, but Not All

I find myself very troubled by the treatment of the victim in the case involving Andres Cordova. What I ...

I find myself very troubled by the treatment of the victim in the case involving Andres Cordova. What I find interesting is that, while I have been a consistent critic of Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, ...

April 29, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecutorial Oversight Lacking in Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecutorial Oversight Lacking in Yolo County

Last week we saw at the state level a shining example of how even a liberal attorney general is not suffi ...

Last week we saw at the state level a shining example of how even a liberal attorney general is not sufficient to produce proper oversight. In the Orange County jailhouse informant scandal, a case th ...

April 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Becerra Fails to Hold Orange County DA Accountable for Snitch Scandal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Becerra Fails to Hold Orange County DA Accountable for Snitch Scandal

Scandal and Failure to Hold Official Accountable Highlight the Failed Prosecutorial Oversight System It h ...

Scandal and Failure to Hold Official Accountable Highlight the Failed Prosecutorial Oversight System It has been nearly five years since Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders spoke in ...

April 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: One Simple Way To Hold Bad Prosecutors Accountable

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 25, 2019
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Guest Commentary: One Simple Way To Hold Bad Prosecutors Accountable

By Jeff Adachi and Peter Calloway State bar organizations have the power to discipline prosecutors, but t ...

By Jeff Adachi and Peter Calloway State bar organizations have the power to discipline prosecutors, but they studiously ignore bad behavior. A man is accused of stealing a laptop. On the prosecutor’s ...

March 25, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Critics Are Right, Kamala Harris Not a Reformer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Critics Are Right, Kamala Harris Not a Reformer

Ironically, a few moments ago the news came out – that Kamala Harris, California Senator and the second b ...

Ironically, a few moments ago the news came out – that Kamala Harris, California Senator and the second black woman to serve in the US Senate, will run for President in 2020. The NY Times said this m ...

January 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Prosecutor Andrew Ganz Suspended from Bar for Prosecutorial Misconduct during Solano County Murder Trial

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 03, 2018
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Prosecutor Andrew Ganz Suspended from Bar for Prosecutorial Misconduct during Solano County Murder Trial

Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices. –Edgar Argo (From Press Release) ...

Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices. –Edgar Argo (From Press Release) – San Francisco prosecutor Andrew Ganz has been found guilty of prosecutorial misconduct throug ...

November 03, 2018
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The Power of the Prosecutor: A Personal Account

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 24, 2018
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The Power of the Prosecutor: A Personal Account

By Ashley Sawyer Have you ever watched an episode of “Law & Order”? The creators do an amazing job of ...

By Ashley Sawyer Have you ever watched an episode of “Law & Order”? The creators do an amazing job of dramatizing the court process. The characters playing the prosecutors are always eloquent and ...

July 24, 2018
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Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Case of Lawrence Miranda

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2018
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Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Case of Lawrence Miranda

Back in October 2010, the Northern California Innocence Project came out with a report, “Preventable Erro ...

Back in October 2010, the Northern California Innocence Project came out with a report, “Preventable Error: A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997–2009,” that uncovered over 700 cases ...

May 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Prosecutors Hid Evidence of Corey Williams’ Innocence in Pursuit of a Death Sentence

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|Date: April 29, 2018
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Prosecutors Hid Evidence of Corey Williams’ Innocence in Pursuit of a Death Sentence

By Anna Arceneaux In 2000, Corey Williams, a Black teenager with an intellectual disability, was tried an ...

By Anna Arceneaux In 2000, Corey Williams, a Black teenager with an intellectual disability, was tried and convicted in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, for the murder of a pizza delivery man at his friend’s ...

April 29, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: This Is What a Wrongful Conviction Looks Like

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: This Is What a Wrongful Conviction Looks Like

In the summer of 2009, the Vanguard still only a few years old, I got a call from a family to come out an ...

In the summer of 2009, the Vanguard still only a few years old, I got a call from a family to come out and meet with them at their home in Carmichael. Little did I realize at the time that this was o ...

February 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Did the DA Commit Prosecutorial Misconduct in Justin Gonzalez Trial?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2018
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Commentary: Did the DA Commit Prosecutorial Misconduct in Justin Gonzalez Trial?

In early December, a Yolo County jury convicted Alexis Velazquez of first degree murder and Justin Gonzal ...

In early December, a Yolo County jury convicted Alexis Velazquez of first degree murder and Justin Gonzalez of second degree murder in the stabbing death of Ronald Antonio in Woodland last year. When ...

January 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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For Exonerees, Getting Released Is Only the First Struggle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2018
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For Exonerees, Getting Released Is Only the First Struggle

Exonerated Inmates Receive No Services and Often Face Health, Mental, Educational, and Financial Hardship ...

Exonerated Inmates Receive No Services and Often Face Health, Mental, Educational, and Financial Hardships Upon Release It was billed as one of the largest gatherings of exonerated inmates, mobilized ...

January 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Attorney Charges Prosecutorial Misconduct in New Motion in the Case Del Sol Trial

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2018
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Attorney Charges Prosecutorial Misconduct in New Motion in the Case Del Sol Trial

A week ago, the family of Justin Gonzalez held a press conference to dispute the jury verdict from Decemb ...

A week ago, the family of Justin Gonzalez held a press conference to dispute the jury verdict from December which found him guilty of second degree murder with gang charges. He awaits sentencing on J ...

January 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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