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Family of Oakland Baker Jen Angel Advocates for Restorative Justice Following Her Death

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 06, 2023
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Family of Oakland Baker Jen Angel Advocates for Restorative Justice Following Her Death

By Gibran Khalil OAKLAND, CA – On February 9th, beloved baker Jen Angel, owner of Angel Cakes bakery in O ...

By Gibran Khalil OAKLAND, CA – On February 9th, beloved baker Jen Angel, owner of Angel Cakes bakery in Oakland, died from injuries suffered following a robbery at Wells Fargo in Downtown Oakland. Jen ...

March 06, 2023
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How the Yolo DA Uses Its Restorative Justice Diversion Programs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2023
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How the Yolo DA Uses Its Restorative Justice Diversion Programs

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - The Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig touted his office’s innov ...

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - The Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig touted his office’s innovative, progressive diversion programs throughout the entire election cycle up until he was elec ...

January 23, 2023
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Guest Commentary: I’ve Changed Behind Bars, but I’m Not Promised a Second Chance

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 17, 2022
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Guest Commentary: I’ve Changed Behind Bars, but I’m Not Promised a Second Chance

Restorative justice would help me give something back to help the people I’ve harmed, but the practice is ...

Restorative justice would help me give something back to help the people I’ve harmed, but the practice is not widespread yet in the U.S. by Asherdon “The Artist Ra” Holloway Our touch-deprived bodies ...

September 17, 2022
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Seven Awarded by Restorative Justice International

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 16, 2022
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Seven Awarded by Restorative Justice International

Restorative Justice International (RJI) presents the RJI Award for Excellence in Restorative Justice for ...

Restorative Justice International (RJI) presents the RJI Award for Excellence in Restorative Justice for 2022. The following are categories of service in the field of restorative justice identified by ...

July 16, 2022
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Restorative Justice International Interview of Cynthia Rodriguez

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 04, 2022
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Restorative Justice International Interview of Cynthia Rodriguez

RJI will soon publish RJI’s podcast with Cynthia Rodriguez, a candidate for Yolo County District Attorney ...

RJI will soon publish RJI’s podcast with Cynthia Rodriguez, a candidate for Yolo County District Attorney in California. Because the election is next week, we are choosing to publish RJI’s Questionnai ...

June 04, 2022
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Letter: Standing with DA Jeff Reisig

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 28, 2022
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Letter: Standing with DA Jeff Reisig

By Ramona Prieto As a thirty-year resident of Davis, Yolo County, I stand with the current Yolo County D ...

By Ramona Prieto As a thirty-year resident of Davis, Yolo County, I stand with the current Yolo County District Attorney (YCDA) Jeff Reisig. I have seen his progressive steps towards Restorative Jus ...

May 28, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Dennis Jones – Remembering a Lifer & Our Campaign to Free Him

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 08, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Dennis Jones – Remembering a Lifer & Our Campaign to Free Him

By Lisa Rea I first met Dennis Jones by letter around 1993 through an introduction by Peter B. Collins, a ...

By Lisa Rea I first met Dennis Jones by letter around 1993 through an introduction by Peter B. Collins, a veteran San Francisco radio talk show host and broadcaster. I met Peter as a guest on his radi ...

February 08, 2022
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Report Suggests Restorative Justice for Smaller Jurisdictions, and in Bay Area, May Work

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 29, 2022
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Report Suggests Restorative Justice for Smaller Jurisdictions, and in Bay Area, May Work

By Isabel Garbarino and Hannah Adams NEW YORK, NY – Prosecutors worldwide are consider restorative justic ...

By Isabel Garbarino and Hannah Adams NEW YORK, NY – Prosecutors worldwide are consider restorative justice as a better method to utilize versus traditional prosecution, according to the John Jay Insti ...

January 29, 2022
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Agreement Reached to Allow Yolo Man Chance to Enter Addiction Intervention Court, Not Jail

Posted by Gabriel Eskandari
|Date: January 12, 2022
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Agreement Reached to Allow Yolo Man Chance to Enter Addiction Intervention Court, Not Jail

By Gabriel Eskandari WOODLAND, CA - During a pre-hearing conference in Yolo County Superior Court Monday, ...

By Gabriel Eskandari WOODLAND, CA - During a pre-hearing conference in Yolo County Superior Court Monday, the defense and the prosecution reached an agreement to allow Jessie Young, a man charged with ...

January 12, 2022
| by Gabriel Eskandari

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New Pre-Filing Youth Diversion Program Announced by LA District Attorney Gascon to Improve Youth Justice

Posted by Julian
|Date: November 21, 2021
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New Pre-Filing Youth Diversion Program Announced by LA District Attorney Gascon to Improve Youth Justice

By Julian Verdon LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón held a press conference th ...

By Julian Verdon LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón held a press conference this week to announce a new pre-filing youth diversion program as part of a department victim-cen ...

November 21, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Restorative Justice a Viable Option for Those Who Are Incarcerated

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 08, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Restorative Justice a Viable Option for Those Who Are Incarcerated

By Patrick Lanzel “But, you killed somebody…” Those words effectively shut me down whenever I get involve ...

By Patrick Lanzel “But, you killed somebody…” Those words effectively shut me down whenever I get involved in discussions about prison reform for violent offenders. Met with that statement, I am stymi ...

September 08, 2021
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Commentary: DA Boudin Gets Chance to Explain Restorative Justice, Troy McAlister and Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2021
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Commentary: DA Boudin Gets Chance to Explain Restorative Justice, Troy McAlister and Criminal Justice Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last week in response to a Vanguard tweet, one ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last week in response to a Vanguard tweet, one of the supporters of recalling SF DA Chesa Boudin responded, “Restorative Justice! Great theo ...

August 11, 2021
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Neighborhood Court Gets a Re-Brand As Yolo Restorative Justice Partnership

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2021
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Neighborhood Court Gets a Re-Brand As Yolo Restorative Justice Partnership

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Since its founding it has become one of the flagshi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Since its founding it has become one of the flagship programs of the Yolo County DA’s office, the program it hangs its “progressive” hat on, and w ...

August 05, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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DA Boudin Podcast Discusses Restorative Justice with Danielle Sered, Looks to Expand Program in San Francisco

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: July 31, 2021
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DA Boudin Podcast Discusses Restorative Justice with Danielle Sered, Looks to Expand Program in San Francisco

By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- In his most recent podcast episode, San Francisco District Attorney ...

By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- In his most recent podcast episode, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and Rachel Marshall, the Director of Communications and Policy Advisor for the cou ...

July 31, 2021
| by Linh Nguyen

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San Francisco Receives $6 Million to Promote Victim Healing and Restorative Justice Practices

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 23, 2021
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San Francisco Receives $6 Million to Promote Victim Healing and Restorative Justice Practices

By Lovepreet Dhinsa SAN FRANCISCO, CA - District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced this week the city of Sa ...

By Lovepreet Dhinsa SAN FRANCISCO, CA - District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced this week the city of San Francisco was awarded with $6 million to promote accountability and victim healing, and to pa ...

April 23, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Commentary: One Pound of Flesh Is Not the Answer to Cure Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 16, 2021
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Commentary: One Pound of Flesh Is Not the Answer to Cure Policing

By David M. Greenwald As the defense wraps up in the Derek Chauvin trial and the news emerges first about ...

By David M. Greenwald As the defense wraps up in the Derek Chauvin trial and the news emerges first about Daunte Wright and now about young Adam Toledo, we return to the vexing problem of how do we po ...

April 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: The True Meaning of Restorative Justice Under Chesa Boudin

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 07, 2021
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Analysis: The True Meaning of Restorative Justice Under Chesa Boudin

By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO - When San Francisco’s District Attorney, Chesa Boudin, ran for office in ...

By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO - When San Francisco’s District Attorney, Chesa Boudin, ran for office in November 2019, he focused his campaign on ending mass incarceration with restorative justice m ...

February 07, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Santa Cruz County to Kick Off Neighborhood Court Program Modeled on Yolo County

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 12, 2020
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Santa Cruz County to Kick Off Neighborhood Court Program Modeled on Yolo County

By Josue Monroy SANTA CRUZ – The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has unveiled a new neighbor ...

By Josue Monroy SANTA CRUZ – The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has unveiled a new neighborhood court program designed to refer low-level misdemeanor offenses to a community-based panel ...

October 12, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Guest Commentary: Bringing Restorative Justice to the Manhattan DA’s Office

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 06, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Bringing Restorative Justice to the Manhattan DA’s Office

By Janos Marton James Berish was the first person in North Carolina to go through a restorative justice p ...

By Janos Marton James Berish was the first person in North Carolina to go through a restorative justice process for a felony offense. In 2017, after accidentally shooting his gun through his apartment ...

September 06, 2020
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My View: Expungement in Islamic Center Vandalism Case Leads to Debate – Justice or White Privilege or Both?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2020
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My View: Expungement in Islamic Center Vandalism Case Leads to Debate – Justice or White Privilege or Both?

Three years ago in Davis, Lauren Kirk-Coehlo in the early days of the Trump administration committed an a ...

Three years ago in Davis, Lauren Kirk-Coehlo in the early days of the Trump administration committed an act of vandalism on the Davis Islamic Center, when she broke windows, slashed tires and most, no ...

August 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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