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Guest Commentary: Reform – Not Crime – Was the Winning Message in 2022

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 16, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Reform – Not Crime – Was the Winning Message in 2022

By Miriam Krinsky and Alyssa Kress Despite months of campaign ads bombarding voters with bodybag imagery, ...

By Miriam Krinsky and Alyssa Kress Despite months of campaign ads bombarding voters with bodybag imagery, grainy crime-scene videos, and threats about dangers awaiting them if the “soft-on-crime” cand ...

November 16, 2022
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Report Examines the Role of Race in Wrongful Convictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2022
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Report Examines the Role of Race in Wrongful Convictions

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The National Registry of Exonerations, as of August 8, had identif ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The National Registry of Exonerations, as of August 8, had identified more than 3200 individual exonerations. The report found that, while Blacks are 13.6 perce ...

September 28, 2022
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Researchers Studying California Life Sentence Parole Hearing Data Find Significant Racial Disparities in Outcomes May Be Caused by Inclusion of Professional Assessments

Posted by Rena Abdusalam
|Date: September 26, 2022
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Researchers Studying California Life Sentence Parole Hearing Data Find Significant Racial Disparities in Outcomes May Be Caused by Inclusion of Professional Assessments

By Talia Kruger and Rena Abdusalam SACRAMENTO, CA — A study conducted in 2021 by Kathryne M. Young and J ...

By Talia Kruger and Rena Abdusalam SACRAMENTO, CA — A study conducted in 2021 by Kathryne M. Young and Jessica Pearlman for the Cambridge University Press found that, when looking at transcripts for ...

September 26, 2022
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New Report Finds Inequality of Court Diversion within U.S. Juvenile System

Posted by Daniella Espinoza
|Date: September 01, 2022
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New Report Finds Inequality of Court Diversion within U.S. Juvenile System

By Daniella Espinoza WASHINTON, DC – A new report here appears to demonstrate that in the U.S. the juveni ...

By Daniella Espinoza WASHINTON, DC – A new report here appears to demonstrate that in the U.S. the juvenile criminal justice system has the same racial disparities discussed by activists, politicians ...

September 01, 2022
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DA Raven Discusses Racial Disparities in Yolo County

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: July 13, 2022
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DA Raven Discusses Racial Disparities in Yolo County

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Racial Disparity was the subject of this month’s Commons Town Hall whic ...

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Racial Disparity was the subject of this month’s Commons Town Hall which was hosted by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office in partnership with Measures for Jus ...

July 13, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 159: Tamisha Discusses Safe Return Project

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|Date: June 06, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 159: Tamisha Discusses Safe Return Project

https://youtu.be/fc-dIxNQdEM Tamisha Walker is a founding member and Executive Director of Safe Return Pr ...

https://youtu.be/fc-dIxNQdEM Tamisha Walker is a founding member and Executive Director of Safe Return Project, a campaign to secure the freedom and liberation of formerly incarcerated individuals. Wa ...

June 06, 2022
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My View: Reisig Sees Transparency As Reform, but Is It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 07, 2022
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My View: Reisig Sees Transparency As Reform, but Is It?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has on the one hand stru ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has on the one hand struck back against progressive reforms that he sees as failing in places like San Francisco and in ...

May 07, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 153: Olinda Moyd and the Racial Disparity of Parole

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|Date: May 02, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 153: Olinda Moyd and the Racial Disparity of Parole

This week on Everyday Injustice we have Howard University Law Professor Olinda Moyd discussing an under-a ...

This week on Everyday Injustice we have Howard University Law Professor Olinda Moyd discussing an under-acknowledged problem of the criminal legal system—the problems of parole and the racial disparit ...

May 02, 2022
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ACLU Reports Call on Sacramento and Merced DAs to Halt Costly, Ineffective Policies that Fuel Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2022
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ACLU Reports Call on Sacramento and Merced DAs to Halt Costly, Ineffective Policies that Fuel Mass Incarceration

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last week, ACLU of Northern California release ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last week, ACLU of Northern California released two reports detailing how the top prosecutors in Sacramento and Merced Counties have used the ...

March 17, 2022
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Letter to AG: Request for an Investigation into the Orange County District Attorney’s Office

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 15, 2022
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Letter to AG: Request for an Investigation into the Orange County District Attorney’s Office

Dear Attorney General Bonta, The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the undersigned organizations ...

Dear Attorney General Bonta, The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the undersigned organizations request that you exercise your authority pursuant to CA Civ. Code sec. 52.3 and initiate a pat ...

March 15, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Yolo Always Falls with Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Yolo Always Falls with Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA - Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has done a masterful job ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA - Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has done a masterful job of appointing himself as a moderate reformer ahead of a 2022 election where he figures to face ...

January 02, 2022
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Committee Recommends Ending Three Strikes, LWOP in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2021
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Committee Recommends Ending Three Strikes, LWOP in California

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA -For nearly two years, the Committee on Revision of ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA -For nearly two years, the Committee on Revision of the Penal Code has undertaken an intensive investigation into California’s criminal legal syst ...

December 17, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Foundation Report: 250,000 Youth Tried, Incarcerated Yearly – 10,000 Held in Adult Jails Daily

Posted by Ankita Joshi
|Date: December 17, 2021
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Foundation Report: 250,000 Youth Tried, Incarcerated Yearly – 10,000 Held in Adult Jails Daily

By Ankita Joshi BALTIMORE, MD – The Annie E. Casey Foundation presented an infographic this week that dep ...

By Ankita Joshi BALTIMORE, MD – The Annie E. Casey Foundation presented an infographic this week that depicted trends in youth incarceration between 1995 and 2019, and recommendations for more effecti ...

December 17, 2021
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Review of Charleston County Prosecution Rates Reveals Blacks Arrested at Rate 4 Times More Than Whites

Posted by alexanderramirez
|Date: October 17, 2021
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Review of Charleston County Prosecution Rates Reveals Blacks Arrested at Rate 4 Times More Than Whites

By Alexander Ramirez CHARLESTON, SC - In a series of reports regarding racial disparities in Charleston C ...

By Alexander Ramirez CHARLESTON, SC - In a series of reports regarding racial disparities in Charleston County’s prosecution rate, it was found that African American men are arrested at a higher rate ...

October 17, 2021
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STUDY: Racist Policies Lead to Major Racial Disparities in Prisons Nationwide

Posted by Angelina Sang
|Date: October 15, 2021
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STUDY: Racist Policies Lead to Major Racial Disparities in Prisons Nationwide

By Angelina Sang and Sonam Hundal WASHINGTON D.C. – The Sentencing Project has released a staggering new ...

By Angelina Sang and Sonam Hundal WASHINGTON D.C. – The Sentencing Project has released a staggering new report detailing the racial disparity found in America’s incarceral system, providing both expl ...

October 15, 2021
| by Angelina Sang

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Commentary: Is Reisig Attacking Racial Inequities in the Right Place?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2021
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Commentary: Is Reisig Attacking Racial Inequities in the Right Place?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – In 2018 report submitted to the UN by The Sentencin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – In 2018 report submitted to the UN by The Sentencing Project they noted “the racial disparity that pervades pervades the U.S. criminal justice sys ...

September 23, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: How Face Recognition Fuels Racist Systems of Policing and Immigration — And Why Congress Must Act Now

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 23, 2021
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Guest Commentary: How Face Recognition Fuels Racist Systems of Policing and Immigration — And Why Congress Must Act Now

When used by police and immigration enforcement, biometric surveillance technology can perpetuate an alre ...

When used by police and immigration enforcement, biometric surveillance technology can perpetuate an already dangerous racist system. By Ashley Del Villar and Myaisha Hayes Face recognition technology ...

July 23, 2021
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A Year after Attack on Public Defender, DA’s Office Making Changes in Effort to Decrease Racial Disparities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 09, 2021
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A Year after Attack on Public Defender, DA’s Office Making Changes in Effort to Decrease Racial Disparities

By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA – Tuesday marked the one year anniversary of the Yolo County Public De ...

By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA – Tuesday marked the one year anniversary of the Yolo County Public Defender Black Lives Matter march. That evening on TV, Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson ...

June 09, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Officer-Involved Killings Are Bad, but They Actually Undercount the Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 02, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Officer-Involved Killings Are Bad, but They Actually Undercount the Problem

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week we covered the story of a 73-year-old woman with dementia who was ...

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week we covered the story of a 73-year-old woman with dementia who was taken to the ground violently by an officer in Colorado, mistreated, and the officers got caug ...

May 02, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Traffic Stop ‘Assessment’ by NYU Law in Nashville May be Applicable to Other U.S. Cities

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 24, 2021
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Traffic Stop ‘Assessment’ by NYU Law in Nashville May be Applicable to Other U.S. Cities

By Esha Kher NASHVILLE, TN – The Policing Project at the New York University School of Law has released a ...

By Esha Kher NASHVILLE, TN – The Policing Project at the New York University School of Law has released an “assessment” of traffic stops and policing strategies in Nashville—which may mirror other cit ...

April 24, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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