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My View: DA Reisig Cannot Let This One Go, Doubles Down on Attack on Public Defender

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2020
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My View: DA Reisig Cannot Let This One Go, Doubles Down on Attack on Public Defender

You would think Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig would have learned and simply let this go. He was roundly cri ...

You would think Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig would have learned and simply let this go. He was roundly criticized for making personal a comment on the news by Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson w ...

June 27, 2020
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Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 17, 2020
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Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much

Last Monday all across the state and around the nation, public defenders took to the streets marching for ...

Last Monday all across the state and around the nation, public defenders took to the streets marching for Black lives. Following that event, ABC 10 interviewed Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olso ...

June 17, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 65 – St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 01, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 65 – St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner

Kim Gardner was elected chief prosecutor in St. Louis in 2016. Since then she has been taking on the syst ...

Kim Gardner was elected chief prosecutor in St. Louis in 2016. Since then she has been taking on the system—the first black circuit attorney in St. Louis, in January she filed a federal civil rights l ...

May 01, 2020
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Racial Justice Act Introduced in Legislature to End Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 12, 2020
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Racial Justice Act Introduced in Legislature to End Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

Assemblymember Ash Kalra officially introduced the California Racial Justice Act, a landmark bill that ad ...

Assemblymember Ash Kalra officially introduced the California Racial Justice Act, a landmark bill that addresses racial discrimination in criminal sentencing and convictions. The action was part of t ...

March 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Boudin Making History

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 02, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Boudin Making History

Over the last few years we have talked a lot about progressive prosecution. We have seen some stunning v ...

Over the last few years we have talked a lot about progressive prosecution. We have seen some stunning victories, like the victory of Larry Krasner and more recently Chesa Boudin in San Francisco. We ...

March 02, 2020
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Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Create Fairer, More Representative Juries

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|Date: February 16, 2020
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Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Create Fairer, More Representative Juries

SB 1001 would broaden jury pool to including all tax filers in order to create more representative juries ...

SB 1001 would broaden jury pool to including all tax filers in order to create more representative juries by race and income level (From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – Today, Senator Scott Wiener ...

February 16, 2020
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School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 02, 2018
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School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program

“This is about race, this is about opting out of a school, and this is about segregation.” The DJUSD Scho ...

“This is about race, this is about opting out of a school, and this is about segregation.” The DJUSD School Board on Thursday heard a presentation that highlighted the disproportionality in the Englis ...

March 02, 2018
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New Data Reveals Police Stops Are About Race and Ethnicity

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|Date: February 24, 2018
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New Data Reveals Police Stops Are About Race and Ethnicity

By Nusrat Choudhury For years, Black and Latino residents of Milwaukee have protested the fact that they ...

By Nusrat Choudhury For years, Black and Latino residents of Milwaukee have protested the fact that they and their neighborhoods have been consistently and unfairly targeted for overzealous police sto ...

February 24, 2018
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Report on Marijuana Shows Why War on Drugs Targets People of Color

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|Date: October 23, 2017
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Report on Marijuana Shows Why War on Drugs Targets People of Color

By Andy Hoover The war on marijuana continues to rage in Pennsylvania. Despite slow progress in loosening ...

By Andy Hoover The war on marijuana continues to rage in Pennsylvania. Despite slow progress in loosening the commonwealth’s laws on the devil’s lettuce — including a new medical cannabis products law ...

October 23, 2017
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Justice Watch: Racial Disparities Are Driving Turmoil in the System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2016
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Justice Watch: Racial Disparities Are Driving Turmoil in the System

It is appropriate that after two years of renewed questions – following Ferguson - about the role of race ...

It is appropriate that after two years of renewed questions – following Ferguson - about the role of race in the criminal justice system, on the eve of one of the most polarized elections, we are fina ...

November 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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NEW REPORT: State Prisons Holding Black Prisoners at Far Greater Rates Than Whites

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 14, 2016
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NEW REPORT: State Prisons Holding Black Prisoners at Far Greater Rates Than Whites

(Press Release by the Sentencing Project)— In 11 states, 1 in 20 black men is in prison States with lowes ...

(Press Release by the Sentencing Project)— In 11 states, 1 in 20 black men is in prison States with lowest black incarceration rates still higher than white rates in any state African Americans are in ...

June 14, 2016
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SF Public Defender’s Brother Could Soon be Released from Jail After 11 Years, Following Arizona Court of Appeals Ruling

22 Total COVID-19 Deaths in CDCR – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

Vanguard 10th Annual Event – Keynote Speaker: Mark Godsey, Ohio Innocence Project – August 13

Opposition to the Innovation Campus Dries Up, Council to Vote Next Week

Prosecutors, Others Discuss LGBTQ+ Future in the Legal System

Guest Commentary: The Hidden Agenda of Black Lives Matter

UC Irvine Opens Probe of Student Protestors as Graduate Student Hardships Continue

ACLU Client Finally Released after Being Held for More than 17 Months without Charge

Man Tells ‘Ex’ He Would Shoot Her in Face, Gets 8-Month Offer – He’s Thinking about It

Judge Has 2nd Thoughts, Releases Woman to Maintain Her Spot in Sober Living Center

My View: DA Reisig Cannot Let This One Go, Doubles Down on Attack on Public Defender

My View: DA Reisig Cannot Let This One Go, Doubles Down on Attack on Public Defender

Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much

Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 65 – St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 65 – St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner

Racial Justice Act Introduced in Legislature to End Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

Racial Justice Act Introduced in Legislature to End Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

Monday Morning Thoughts: Boudin Making History

Monday Morning Thoughts: Boudin Making History

Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Create Fairer, More Representative Juries

Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Create Fairer, More Representative Juries

School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program

School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program

New Data Reveals Police Stops Are About Race and Ethnicity

New Data Reveals Police Stops Are About Race and Ethnicity

Report on Marijuana Shows Why War on Drugs Targets People of Color

Report on Marijuana Shows Why War on Drugs Targets People of Color

Justice Watch: Racial Disparities Are Driving Turmoil in the System

Justice Watch: Racial Disparities Are Driving Turmoil in the System

NEW REPORT: State Prisons Holding Black Prisoners at Far Greater Rates Than Whites

NEW REPORT: State Prisons Holding Black Prisoners at Far Greater Rates Than Whites

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