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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 192: Why is Texas Trying to Execute Andre Thomas?

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|Date: March 21, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 192: Why is Texas Trying to Execute Andre Thomas?

https://youtu.be/kFT1eJzA5F4 Recently a Texas judge delayed the execution of Andre Thomas—a man who is so ...

https://youtu.be/kFT1eJzA5F4 Recently a Texas judge delayed the execution of Andre Thomas—a man who is so severely mentally ill, the crime he committed of killing his wife and mixed-race children invo ...

March 21, 2023
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DOJ Investigation Finds Louisville Metro Police, Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Govt ‘Engage’ in Unconstitutional Practices

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|Date: March 11, 2023
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DOJ Investigation Finds Louisville Metro Police, Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Govt ‘Engage’ in Unconstitutional Practices

By Gracy Joslin LOUISVILLE, KY - The U.S. Dept. of Justice’s Office released a statement Wednesday confir ...

By Gracy Joslin LOUISVILLE, KY - The U.S. Dept. of Justice’s Office released a statement Wednesday confirming its investigation has found the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) and the Louisvil ...

March 11, 2023
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Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Unnecessary Uses of Bench Warrants and Prevent Debtor’s Prison

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|Date: February 17, 2023
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Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Unnecessary Uses of Bench Warrants and Prevent Debtor’s Prison

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - Bench warrants deepen existing racial and economic disparities i ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - Bench warrants deepen existing racial and economic disparities in California by unnecessarily incarcerating low-income Black and Brown people as punishment for ...

February 17, 2023
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CA Assembly Bill will End Use of Police Canines Linked to Racism

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|Date: February 15, 2023
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CA Assembly Bill will End Use of Police Canines Linked to Racism

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong SACRAMENTO, CA – In a press conference at the State Capitol Tuesday, Assemblymembe ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong SACRAMENTO, CA – In a press conference at the State Capitol Tuesday, Assemblymember Dr. Corey A. Jackson (D-Riverside) and Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San José) announced the in ...

February 15, 2023
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ACLU Challenges Kansas Death Penalty in Kyle Young Case

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|Date: February 10, 2023
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ACLU Challenges Kansas Death Penalty in Kyle Young Case

By Kevin Barragan WICHITA, KS - The Kansas death penalty statutes are being challenged this week by the ...

By Kevin Barragan WICHITA, KS - The Kansas death penalty statutes are being challenged this week by the ACLU, and attorneys for Kyle Young. The defense team argued, “Because the Kansas death penalty ...

February 10, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 186: Marc Bookman and the Death Penalty Spiral

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|Date: February 06, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 186: Marc Bookman and the Death Penalty Spiral

https://youtu.be/1HzwUawOE0Q Marc Bookman is the co-founder of the nonprofit Atlantic Center for Capital ...

https://youtu.be/1HzwUawOE0Q Marc Bookman is the co-founder of the nonprofit Atlantic Center for Capital Representation in Philadelphia and author of the book, A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death ...

February 06, 2023
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Guest Commentary: To Root Out Racism in the Criminal Legal System, We Can’t Fear Too Much Justice

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|Date: January 21, 2023
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Guest Commentary: To Root Out Racism in the Criminal Legal System, We Can’t Fear Too Much Justice

The landmark California Racial Justice Act is allowing our clients to challenge their death penalty prose ...

The landmark California Racial Justice Act is allowing our clients to challenge their death penalty prosecutions in Riverside County. By Robert Ponce Long before I joined the ACLU, I was just a skinny ...

January 21, 2023
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CA DOJ Report: Black Drivers Biggest Target of State Law Enforcement

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|Date: January 05, 2023
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CA DOJ Report: Black Drivers Biggest Target of State Law Enforcement

By Perla Brito and Paloma Sifuentes SACRAMENTO, CA — Black drivers and pedestrians in 2021 continued to b ...

By Perla Brito and Paloma Sifuentes SACRAMENTO, CA — Black drivers and pedestrians in 2021 continued to be the favorite targets of law enforcement, according to annual data obtained by the CA Dept. of ...

January 05, 2023
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Missouri Executes Black Man after Courts Refuse Appeals – Lawmaker Charges ‘Criminal Justice System’ Failed Kevin Johnson

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|Date: December 02, 2022
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Missouri Executes Black Man after Courts Refuse Appeals – Lawmaker Charges ‘Criminal Justice System’ Failed Kevin Johnson

By Taylor Smith and Alyssa Eng BONNE TERRE, MO – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (MO) has released a statement critic ...

By Taylor Smith and Alyssa Eng BONNE TERRE, MO – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (MO) has released a statement critical of the execution, after 17 years on death row, of Kevin Johnson who was executed Tuesday nig ...

December 02, 2022
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Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

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|Date: December 01, 2022
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Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Despite a finding by a special prosecutor that rac ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Despite a finding by a special prosecutor that racism was a "decisive factor" in Kevin Johnson's death sentence and that it should be vacated, he ...

December 01, 2022
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Commentary: Antisemitism Is Back, but Experts Warn ‘Something is Different’

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|Date: November 03, 2022
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Commentary: Antisemitism Is Back, but Experts Warn ‘Something is Different’

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The rise of antisemitism coincides with the rise of Trumpism and i ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The rise of antisemitism coincides with the rise of Trumpism and its accompanying empowerment of far right extremist groups. As I noted in an earlier column on t ...

November 03, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 148: Jarrett Adams from Wrongful Conviction to Attorney

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|Date: October 24, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 148: Jarrett Adams from Wrongful Conviction to Attorney

A few weeks ago Jarrett Adams received the Vanguard Justice Award going to a person wrongly convicted. H ...

A few weeks ago Jarrett Adams received the Vanguard Justice Award going to a person wrongly convicted. Here is our podcast with him from March 2022. Jarrett Adams was a high school student and made o ...

October 24, 2022
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CA Attorney General Agrees to Investigate Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Plan; Follows Revelations of ‘Racist’ Audio by CC Members

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|Date: October 13, 2022
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CA Attorney General Agrees to Investigate Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Plan; Follows Revelations of ‘Racist’ Audio by CC Members

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – An independent investigation into the City of Los Angeles city co ...

By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – An independent investigation into the City of Los Angeles city council redistricting process—amid revelations of leaked audio revealing “racist” remarks by coun ...

October 13, 2022
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Situation Explodes in LA, As Racist Comments Leaked Involving LA Council President

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|Date: October 10, 2022
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Situation Explodes in LA, As Racist Comments Leaked Involving LA Council President

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – A year ago in a behind-closed-doors conversation ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – A year ago in a behind-closed-doors conversation, Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez made what many are calling openly racist rem ...

October 10, 2022
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Davis Phoenix Coalition Condemns White Supremacist Action at HoCo Parade

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|Date: September 29, 2022
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Davis Phoenix Coalition Condemns White Supremacist Action at HoCo Parade

Statement from the Davis Phoenix Coalition: The Davis Phoenix Coalition was founded in response to a hate ...

Statement from the Davis Phoenix Coalition: The Davis Phoenix Coalition was founded in response to a hate crime, and is dedicated to fighting discrimination and supporting marginalized communities in ...

September 29, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 164: Pathbreaking Judge LaDoris Cordell

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|Date: September 05, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 164: Pathbreaking Judge LaDoris Cordell

https://youtu.be/8d4pm5sjI54 Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell joins Everyday Injustice to discuss her experi ...

https://youtu.be/8d4pm5sjI54 Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell joins Everyday Injustice to discuss her experience as a woman of color, appointed to the bench in Santa Clara County at a time when there wer ...

September 05, 2022
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Class Action Federal Suit Filed Against Sheriff, County for ‘Sweeping Campaign’ to Drive Asian Americans Out of Siskiyou County

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|Date: August 16, 2022
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Class Action Federal Suit Filed Against Sheriff, County for ‘Sweeping Campaign’ to Drive Asian Americans Out of Siskiyou County

By Cres Vellucci Jr. Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Siskiyou County and Sheriff Jeremi ...

By Cres Vellucci Jr. Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Siskiyou County and Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue are attempting to “drive a disfavored racial minority” out of the county by engaging “ ...

August 16, 2022
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Chronicle Analysis of CA Cop Data Indicates Racial Profiling Worse, Not Better

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|Date: July 27, 2022
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Chronicle Analysis of CA Cop Data Indicates Racial Profiling Worse, Not Better

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA — Black people in San Francisco in 2020 were nearly six times more l ...

By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA — Black people in San Francisco in 2020 were nearly six times more likely to be stopped by law enforcement than whites, according to a report by the CA Attorney Ge ...

July 27, 2022
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ACLU Claims Arizona Prisons Withholding Selected News from Incarcerated, Violating First Amendment Rights

Posted by Mihajla Milovanovic
|Date: July 27, 2022
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ACLU Claims Arizona Prisons Withholding Selected News from Incarcerated, Violating First Amendment Rights

By Mihajla Milovanovic PHOENIX, AZ – The American Civil Liberties Union is charging Arizona Department of ...

By Mihajla Milovanovic PHOENIX, AZ – The American Civil Liberties Union is charging Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry has withheld information to the incarcerated related ...

July 27, 2022
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Stop AAPI Hate Releases New Report on Anti-AAPI Hate Over Pandemic Period

Posted by Angelina Sang
|Date: July 23, 2022
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Stop AAPI Hate Releases New Report on Anti-AAPI Hate Over Pandemic Period

By Angelina Sang SAN FRANCISCO, CA – “Stop AAPI Hate” released a new report on Asian American and Pacific ...

By Angelina Sang SAN FRANCISCO, CA – “Stop AAPI Hate” released a new report on Asian American and Pacific Islander hate statistics gathered over the last two years, analyzing the surge in hate against ...

July 23, 2022
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