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Prosecutor at Fault for ‘Intentionally’ Deceiving Jurors, Who Sentenced an Innocent Man to Death

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 26, 2020
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Prosecutor at Fault for ‘Intentionally’ Deceiving Jurors, Who Sentenced an Innocent Man to Death

By Linh Nguyen New evidence shows that prosecutor Robert Heyman “intentionally deceived the jurors” at a ...

By Linh Nguyen New evidence shows that prosecutor Robert Heyman “intentionally deceived the jurors” at a murder trial in Pinellas County, Florida. James Dailey was sentenced to death after being found ...

January 26, 2020
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Wrongly Convicted Inmate Now Suing CDCR after Being Stabbed by Another Inmate at Donovan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2020
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Wrongly Convicted Inmate Now Suing CDCR after Being Stabbed by Another Inmate at Donovan

He was once a rising star in the fashion design world, but in 2008, Anand Jon Alexander was convicted of ...

He was once a rising star in the fashion design world, but in 2008, Anand Jon Alexander was convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault and received a life sentence in prison. He is widely believe ...

January 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Justice Denied in Ronnie Long Case

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: January 10, 2020
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Justice Denied in Ronnie Long Case

US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals States DNA Evidence Withheld for 30 Years Has “Minimal” Probative Value B ...

US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals States DNA Evidence Withheld for 30 Years Has “Minimal” Probative Value By Danielle Silva The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals released an opinion upholdin ...

January 10, 2020
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Orange County PD Alleges Sheriff’s Deputies Promoted Despite Evidence of Wrongdoing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2020
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Orange County PD Alleges Sheriff’s Deputies Promoted Despite Evidence of Wrongdoing

New Filing Reveals More Allegations of Impropriety in OC Evidence Scandal In December, the Vanguard repor ...

New Filing Reveals More Allegations of Impropriety in OC Evidence Scandal In December, the Vanguard reported two audits in Orange County, which showed more than a thousand sheriff’s deputies holding o ...

January 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Why Are Prosecutors Still Seeking to Execute People Who Have Innocence Claims and Untested DNA?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 24, 2019
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Why Are Prosecutors Still Seeking to Execute People Who Have Innocence Claims and Untested DNA?

In these last two months of 2019, one man has been executed and two others are facing execution despite c ...

In these last two months of 2019, one man has been executed and two others are facing execution despite claims that they can show they don’t belong on death row. By Lauren Gill On Nov. 15, Texas’s hig ...

November 24, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 18: The Unfair Prosecution of the Faires

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2019
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 18: The Unfair Prosecution of the Faires

Imagine you have been arrested and held in custody for years for a crime you did not commit and deprived ...

Imagine you have been arrested and held in custody for years for a crime you did not commit and deprived of the right to see an attorney. Incredibly that's what happened to James Faire and his wife An ...

November 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Reforming the Prosecution System: Addressing Wrongful Convictions and Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2019
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Reforming the Prosecution System: Addressing Wrongful Convictions and Mass Incarceration

By Danielle Silva The Vanguard hosted its 9th annual fundraiser event, featuring speakers who addressed h ...

By Danielle Silva The Vanguard hosted its 9th annual fundraiser event, featuring speakers who addressed how the prosecution system needs to be reformed. President of the National Lawyers’ Guild Elizab ...

October 28, 2019
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Find Out Whether Lamar Johnson Is Innocent of Murder

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|Date: October 25, 2019
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Find Out Whether Lamar Johnson Is Innocent of Murder

A trial court’s rejection of the findings by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Conviction Integrity Unit is ...

A trial court’s rejection of the findings by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Conviction Integrity Unit is the latest example of the powers that be standing in the way of justice. By Somil Trivedi and A ...

October 25, 2019
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Analysis: Was Wrongfully Convicted Fashion Designer a Victim of Racial Prejudice on the Part of Prosecutor?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2019
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Analysis: Was Wrongfully Convicted Fashion Designer a Victim of Racial Prejudice on the Part of Prosecutor?

In 2008, Anand Jon Alexander, a rising star in the fashion design world, was convicted of multiple counts ...

In 2008, Anand Jon Alexander, a rising star in the fashion design world, was convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault and received a life sentence in prison. He is widely believed to have been ...

October 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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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