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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 69 – Wife of Walter Barton Speaks Out

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 09, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 69 – Wife of Walter Barton Speaks Out

On May 19, Walter Barton became the first person executed in the US in over two months, convicted of kill ...

On May 19, Walter Barton became the first person executed in the US in over two months, convicted of killing an 81-year-old acquaintance nearly three decades ago. But the Innocence Project and others ...

June 09, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 66 – Matt Toporowski Runs for Albany DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 04, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 66 – Matt Toporowski Runs for Albany DA

Matt Toporowski is running for DA in Albany, NY. A current defense attorney and former prosecutor, he is ...

Matt Toporowski is running for DA in Albany, NY. A current defense attorney and former prosecutor, he is challenging the incumbent DA in the Democratic primary, scheduled for June 23. Albany County DA ...

May 04, 2020
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Netflix’s The Innocence Files: Arrest, Convict, Move on to the Next

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 27, 2020
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Netflix’s The Innocence Files: Arrest, Convict, Move on to the Next

By Nancy Martinez The final segment of Netflix’s The Innocence Files spotlights yet another major cause o ...

By Nancy Martinez The final segment of Netflix’s The Innocence Files spotlights yet another major cause of wrongful convictions—prosecutorial misconduct—by following the stories of three exonerated me ...

April 27, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 59 – The Wrongful Conviction of Anand Jon Alexander

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 10, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 59 – The Wrongful Conviction of Anand Jon Alexander

Anand Jon Alexander was a rising star in the fashion industry in 2007 when he was arrested and ultimately ...

Anand Jon Alexander was a rising star in the fashion industry in 2007 when he was arrested and ultimately convicted of one count of rape and many counts of lesser sexual offenses. Although there were ...

April 10, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 56 – Duke Wrongful Conviction Clinic Discusses Ronnie Long

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 03, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 56 – Duke Wrongful Conviction Clinic Discusses Ronnie Long

Ronnie Long has served nearly 44 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He was arrested in 1976 o ...

Ronnie Long has served nearly 44 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He was arrested in 1976 on trespass charges, charged and later convicted of rape, sentenced to 80 years and has been in ...

April 03, 2020
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Fired Louisiana Prosecutor Had ‘Whites Only’ Sign in Property He Owned

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|Date: March 27, 2020
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Fired Louisiana Prosecutor Had ‘Whites Only’ Sign in Property He Owned

Jason Brown, who has worked in several parish DA's offices, was accused of using illegal tactics to win a ...

Jason Brown, who has worked in several parish DA's offices, was accused of using illegal tactics to win at least one case before arriving in Calcasieu Parish, where he was terminated over alleged dish ...

March 27, 2020
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Anand Jon’s Path to Freedom: A San Diego Meeting with Assemblymember Weber

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 09, 2020
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Anand Jon’s Path to Freedom: A San Diego Meeting with Assemblymember Weber

On February 19, 2020, I received an invitation from the American Justice Alliance organization to be part ...

On February 19, 2020, I received an invitation from the American Justice Alliance organization to be part a panel to meet with the Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber of San Diego on March 6, 2020. So la ...

March 09, 2020
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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
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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
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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
| by David Greenwald

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Find Out Whether Lamar Johnson Is Innocent of Murder

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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