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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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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

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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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30,000 Tainted Convictions, One Path Forward

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 09, 2018
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30,000 Tainted Convictions, One Path Forward

By Matthew Segal and Daniel Marx As long as Donald Trump is president, American criminal justice reform m ...

By Matthew Segal and Daniel Marx As long as Donald Trump is president, American criminal justice reform may depend on the states. So it’s significant that in one state, Massachusetts, a national model ...

January 09, 2018
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Marches and Speeches in Woodland against Police Violence and Prosecutorial Overreach

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2017
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Marches and Speeches in Woodland against Police Violence and Prosecutorial Overreach

More than 50 people came to a rally and protest on Saturday in support of the family of Michael Barrera w ...

More than 50 people came to a rally and protest on Saturday in support of the family of Michael Barrera who died after being Tasered this past February in Woodland. In addition the family was joined ...

November 13, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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The 2017 Elections Show Criminal Justice Reform Can Be a Winning Issue

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 10, 2017
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The 2017 Elections Show Criminal Justice Reform Can Be a Winning Issue

By Udi Ofer On Election Day 2017, candidates in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Virginia, and New York won on p ...

By Udi Ofer On Election Day 2017, candidates in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Virginia, and New York won on platforms that proactively embraced criminal justice reform or rejected fear-mongering attempts ...

November 10, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: The Sad Death of John Thompson

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: The Sad Death of John Thompson

In November 2011, I had the pleasure of seeing John Thompson – who spent 14 years on death row before he ...

In November 2011, I had the pleasure of seeing John Thompson – who spent 14 years on death row before he was exonerated one month before his scheduled execution, based on the prosecution's withholding ...

October 08, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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When Prosecutors Decide Who Keeps Their Public Defender, Injustice Is Certain

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 30, 2017
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When Prosecutors Decide Who Keeps Their Public Defender, Injustice Is Certain

By Brandon Buskey Lazaro Rodriguez was forced to represent himself at his criminal trial in Miami, anothe ...

By Brandon Buskey Lazaro Rodriguez was forced to represent himself at his criminal trial in Miami, another victim of the kind of assembly line justice that has ruined too many lives. The case against ...

September 30, 2017
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Commentary: AG’s Office Looks Other Way at Orange County Wrongdoing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2017
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Commentary: AG’s Office Looks Other Way at Orange County Wrongdoing

Back in August, we asked why the supposedly liberal California Attorney General’s office was trying to se ...

Back in August, we asked why the supposedly liberal California Attorney General’s office was trying to seek the death penalty in the case of Scott Dekraai, despite Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s (a ...

September 29, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: AG’s Office Needs to Criminally Prosecute Sheriff and DA in Orange County Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 21, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: AG’s Office Needs to Criminally Prosecute Sheriff and DA in Orange County Case

We have been following this case for a long time – partly because it has been going for almost six years ...

We have been following this case for a long time – partly because it has been going for almost six years in total and the penalty portion since 2014 when Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott ...

August 21, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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