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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

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|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
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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
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Judge Removes Death Penalty Option – Throws Down Gauntlet on Corrupt Officials in Orange County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2017
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Judge Removes Death Penalty Option – Throws Down Gauntlet on Corrupt Officials in Orange County

Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis back in 2014 to talk about the Scott ...

Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis back in 2014 to talk about the Scott Dekraai case and the sheriff’s informant scandal. Mr. Sanders first filed a motion in that cas ...

August 20, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Prosecutors Continue to Operate with Near Impunity

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 03, 2017
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Prosecutors Continue to Operate with Near Impunity

By Taylor Pendergrass For anyone who cares about transforming America’s criminal justice system, pivotal ...

By Taylor Pendergrass For anyone who cares about transforming America’s criminal justice system, pivotal elections are fast approaching. It’s not the congressional elections we are talking about, thou ...

August 03, 2017
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Commentary: OC DA Denies Allegation of Jailhouse Informants on 60 Minutes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2017
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Commentary: OC DA Denies Allegation of Jailhouse Informants on 60 Minutes

It was November of 2014 when Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis to talk abo ...

It was November of 2014 when Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis to talk about the Orange County jailhouse informant program. On Sunday, the issue which has continued for ...

May 23, 2017
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Commentary: California Has to Figure Out a Way to Hold Prosecutors Accountable

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 05, 2017
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Commentary: California Has to Figure Out a Way to Hold Prosecutors Accountable

There is a rare occurrence happening in Texas, where John Jackson, the Texas prosecutor who convicted Cam ...

There is a rare occurrence happening in Texas, where John Jackson, the Texas prosecutor who convicted Cameron Todd Willingham of murdering his family by setting his own house on fire, is now facing ch ...

May 05, 2017
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Bar Implements New Ethics Rules for Prosecutors

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 02, 2017
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Bar Implements New Ethics Rules for Prosecutors

One of the biggest complaints in the criminal justice system is over the role of prosecutors – who on the ...

One of the biggest complaints in the criminal justice system is over the role of prosecutors – who on the one hand are supposed to represent the People of the state, but also operate as partisan advoc ...

May 02, 2017
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My View: Why is California AG Seeking DP in Tainted Case?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2017
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My View: Why is California AG Seeking DP in Tainted Case?

It is disappointing that the California AG, a purported opponent of capital punishment, would continue th ...

It is disappointing that the California AG, a purported opponent of capital punishment, would continue the prosecution of the case of Scott DeKraai – a case that is so tainted it may bring down a DA a ...

April 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Appellate Court Affirms Dev Conviction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 13, 2017
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Appellate Court Affirms Dev Conviction

Ajay Dev was convicted in 2009 of multiple counts involving the alleged repeated rape of his adopted daug ...

Ajay Dev was convicted in 2009 of multiple counts involving the alleged repeated rape of his adopted daughter. Judge Tim Fall would sentence Mr. Dev to a term of 378 years. Many in the community, hi ...

January 13, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Concerns About Prosecutorial Misconduct Are Overblown

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 04, 2017
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Guest Commentary: Concerns About Prosecutorial Misconduct Are Overblown

A recent column by David Greenwald in The Davis Vanguard, “Justice Watch: Prosecutorial Misconduct a Felo ...

A recent column by David Greenwald in The Davis Vanguard, “Justice Watch: Prosecutorial Misconduct a Felony in California,” applauds a new law in California that punishes a prosecutor with up to three ...

January 04, 2017
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Justice Watch: Prosecutorial Misconduct a Felony in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2017
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Justice Watch: Prosecutorial Misconduct a Felony in California

In marked contrast to the rest of the nation, the year in California has seen some great advances, especi ...

In marked contrast to the rest of the nation, the year in California has seen some great advances, especially on the social justice front. As we watch, transfixed, the scandal growing out of Orange C ...

January 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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US DOJ Announces Investigation into Orange County DA and Sheriff’s Department

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2016
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US DOJ Announces Investigation into Orange County DA and Sheriff’s Department

On Thursday, the US DOJ opened a civil pattern-or-practice investigation into the Orange County District ...

On Thursday, the US DOJ opened a civil pattern-or-practice investigation into the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The investigation will focus on ...

December 16, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Appellate Court Draws Line on Prosecutorial Misconduct in Blistering Ruling in OC Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 29, 2016
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Appellate Court Draws Line on Prosecutorial Misconduct in Blistering Ruling in OC Case

In 2014, Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis to discuss a case he had been d ...

In 2014, Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders came to Davis to discuss a case he had been dealing with that was about to become a national story. In a death penalty case where the defen ...

November 29, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: State Bar Still Lacks Teeth in Countering Prosecutorial Misconduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2016
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Commentary: State Bar Still Lacks Teeth in Countering Prosecutorial Misconduct

Kern County remains one of the more problematic counties in terms of its criminal justice system. On Thu ...

Kern County remains one of the more problematic counties in terms of its criminal justice system. On Thursday, the State Bar sent out a press release announcing that a Deputy DA in Kern County who fa ...

November 18, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: California Cracking Down on Prosecutors Withholding Evidence

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2016
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Eye on the Courts: California Cracking Down on Prosecutors Withholding Evidence

A few weeks ago we presented the case of Oscar Cervantes, who has been sitting in prison for a decade in ...

A few weeks ago we presented the case of Oscar Cervantes, who has been sitting in prison for a decade in a case, with ample evidence that he had no involvement in the case. In 2006, when the Yolo Co ...

October 10, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Will Making it a Felony Curb Prosecutorial Misconduct?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2016
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Will Making it a Felony Curb Prosecutorial Misconduct?

It was nearly six years ago that a report from the Northern California Innocence Project documented the h ...

It was nearly six years ago that a report from the Northern California Innocence Project documented the high level of prosecutorial misconduct and the very low level of discipline for those who were c ...

August 28, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Withheld Evidence by Prosecutors Leads to 30 Years on Death Row

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 04, 2016
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Withheld Evidence by Prosecutors Leads to 30 Years on Death Row

By Anna Arceneaux The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office intentionally withheld critical evidence in ...

By Anna Arceneaux The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office intentionally withheld critical evidence in 1986 when it prosecuted 18-year-old Terry Williams and won a death sentence. Earlier this mont ...

July 04, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Hendrix Acquitted of Child Molestation After Two-Week Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 31, 2016
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Hendrix Acquitted of Child Molestation After Two-Week Trial

By Tiffany Yeh, Joanna Kwong, Abigail Soler and Courtney Lee A Yolo County jury on Friday acquitted Edwar ...

By Tiffany Yeh, Joanna Kwong, Abigail Soler and Courtney Lee A Yolo County jury on Friday acquitted Edward Hendrix of child molestation, following a two-week trial punctuated by charges of racist post ...

January 31, 2016
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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