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Four Counties Chosen to Join Movement to End Girls’ Incarceration in California

Posted by Vaiva Utaraite
|Date: May 03, 2023
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Four Counties Chosen to Join Movement to End Girls’ Incarceration in California

By Vaiva Utaraite SACRAMENTO, CA - After a competitive process, Los Angeles, Imperial, San Diego and Sacr ...

By Vaiva Utaraite SACRAMENTO, CA - After a competitive process, Los Angeles, Imperial, San Diego and Sacramento counties will participate in the “Ending Girls’ Incarceration in California Action Netwo ...

May 03, 2023
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Part Five: Tainted Trials, Tarnished Headlines, Stolen Justice

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: March 31, 2023
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Part Five: Tainted Trials, Tarnished Headlines, Stolen Justice

Death, Child Support and Attorney’s Fees in Silicon Valley Warning: This reporting contains traumatic eve ...

Death, Child Support and Attorney’s Fees in Silicon Valley Warning: This reporting contains traumatic events which possibly could be triggering for some readers. This is part five of the exclusive Van ...

March 31, 2023
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Partnership Launched to Eliminate Incarcerating ‘Girls,’ Gender-Expansive Youth

Posted by Michael McCutcheon
|Date: January 20, 2023
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Partnership Launched to Eliminate Incarcerating ‘Girls,’ Gender-Expansive Youth

By Michael McCutcheon & Sunny Zhou SACRAMENTO, CA - In 2021 alone, more than 1,400 girls and gender-e ...

By Michael McCutcheon & Sunny Zhou SACRAMENTO, CA - In 2021 alone, more than 1,400 girls and gender-expansive youth were either incarcerated or detained in California, according to information pro ...

January 20, 2023
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Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith Found Guilty of Corruption on All Six Counts by Jury in Impeachment Trial, Will Be Removed from Office

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|Date: November 05, 2022
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Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith Found Guilty of Corruption on All Six Counts by Jury in Impeachment Trial, Will Be Removed from Office

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A jury found former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith gui ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A jury found former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith guilty in her “impeachment” trial on all six counts of misconduct in office, San Francisco Distric ...

November 05, 2022
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Bay Area Church v. County, Million $$ Court Battle over COVID Penalties Heads to CA Supreme Court

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 10, 2022
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Bay Area Church v. County, Million $$ Court Battle over COVID Penalties Heads to CA Supreme Court

By The Vanguard Staff SAN JOSE, CA – Santa Clara County apparently won’t let a scofflaw church off easy, ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN JOSE, CA – Santa Clara County apparently won’t let a scofflaw church off easy, filing a motion with the California Supreme Court late last month, asking for a review of a dec ...

October 10, 2022
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Lawsuit Filed in Death of Victim of Deadly VTA Mass Shooting in Santa Clara in 2021

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|Date: May 28, 2022
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Lawsuit Filed in Death of Victim of Deadly VTA Mass Shooting in Santa Clara in 2021

By The Vanguard Staff SAN JOSE, CA – On what is the first anniversary of the deadliest mass shootings in ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN JOSE, CA – On what is the first anniversary of the deadliest mass shootings in the SF Bay Area in about three decades, the family of one those murdered filed a lawsuit this w ...

May 28, 2022
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Report Finds Courts in Bay Area Are Ignoring Humphrey Bail Ruling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2022
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Report Finds Courts in Bay Area Are Ignoring Humphrey Bail Ruling

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA – A report last week from the Silicon Valley De-Bug, ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA – A report last week from the Silicon Valley De-Bug, “Discord & Inaction: Bail and Detention Decisions One Year After Humphrey” evaluated the im ...

April 25, 2022
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Alameda Judge Refuses to Grant OR to Two Men Accused of Violent Crimes

Posted by Sophia Barberini
|Date: October 28, 2021
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Alameda Judge Refuses to Grant OR to Two Men Accused of Violent Crimes

By Sophia Barberini ALAMEDA, CA – Judge Jacob Blea in Alameda County Superior Court refused to release tw ...

By Sophia Barberini ALAMEDA, CA – Judge Jacob Blea in Alameda County Superior Court refused to release two men on their own recognizance Tuesday—despite their lawyers citing limited criminal history—c ...

October 28, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 116: Santa Clara DA Candidate Sajid Khan

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|Date: July 19, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 116: Santa Clara DA Candidate Sajid Khan

Santa Clara Public Defender Sajid Khan recently announced he was running for District Attorney. His annou ...

Santa Clara Public Defender Sajid Khan recently announced he was running for District Attorney. His announcement follows events of a year ago last summer when, in response a pointed column by Khan, Sa ...

July 19, 2021
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Low Vaccine Acceptance, No Masking, Medical Neglect– Staff Behavior During COVID in Santa Clara County Jails

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: June 01, 2021
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Low Vaccine Acceptance, No Masking, Medical Neglect– Staff Behavior During COVID in Santa Clara County Jails

By Aparna Komarla, Angela Khov and Alex Ramirez With a total incarcerated population of 2,400 people, San ...

By Aparna Komarla, Angela Khov and Alex Ramirez With a total incarcerated population of 2,400 people, Santa Clara County’s Main Jail and Elmwood Correctional Complex are among 100 correctional systems ...

June 01, 2021
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Lawyers Urge Santa Clara County BOS & Sheriff to Address Inhumane Conditions During COVID-19 At County Jails

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: April 10, 2021
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Lawyers Urge Santa Clara County BOS & Sheriff to Address Inhumane Conditions During COVID-19 At County Jails

By Alexander Ramirez and Angela Khov The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley (LFSV) presented a letter to th ...

By Alexander Ramirez and Angela Khov The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley (LFSV) presented a letter to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on March 17, criticizing the Santa Clara County Main ...

April 10, 2021
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Less Than 50 Percent of Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office Staff Accepted Vaccinations; COVID-19 Fears Heighten for Incarcerated People

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: March 31, 2021
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Less Than 50 Percent of Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office Staff Accepted Vaccinations; COVID-19 Fears Heighten for Incarcerated People

By Angela Khov Santa Clara County's Main Jail and Elmwood Correctional Complex have faced numerous devast ...

By Angela Khov Santa Clara County's Main Jail and Elmwood Correctional Complex have faced numerous devastating COVID-19 outbreaks since the pandemic emerged. Under the California Public Health Dept.’s ...

March 31, 2021
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“The Whole Jail Will Be Infected Eventually” — Incarcerated Voices from Elmwood CC Highlight Inhumane Conditions During COVID-19

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: October 15, 2020
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“The Whole Jail Will Be Infected Eventually” — Incarcerated Voices from Elmwood CC Highlight Inhumane Conditions During COVID-19

By Linh Nguyen SANTA CLARA COUNTY-- Seven incarcerated people inside Elmwood Correctional Complex in Milp ...

By Linh Nguyen SANTA CLARA COUNTY-- Seven incarcerated people inside Elmwood Correctional Complex in Milpitas, CA, Santa Clara County, expose the unsafe, unsanitary conditions inside the jail and blat ...

October 15, 2020
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No Body, No Weapon, No Crime Scene – How Disappearance Led to Guilty Conviction

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: August 05, 2020
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No Body, No Weapon, No Crime Scene – How Disappearance Led to Guilty Conviction

By Elizabeth Cho SANTA CLARA – More than five years after Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar went missin ...

By Elizabeth Cho SANTA CLARA – More than five years after Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar went missing in 2012, Antolin Garcia-Torres was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of par ...

August 05, 2020
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Appellate Court Again Declares SB 1437 Constitutional, Accepts Appellant’s Petition to Appeal Conviction

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 29, 2020
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Appellate Court Again Declares SB 1437 Constitutional, Accepts Appellant’s Petition to Appeal Conviction

By Yuanqi Ivy Zhou SANTA CLARA – The Sixth Appellate Court has accepted the petition of appellant Malik A ...

By Yuanqi Ivy Zhou SANTA CLARA – The Sixth Appellate Court has accepted the petition of appellant Malik Alaybue to vacate his murder and attempted murder convictions, concluding that “Senate bill 1437 ...

June 29, 2020
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Another Freshman GOP Representative Appears to Have Lied About Her Past

Council Pushes Housing Decisions To June 20

Commentary: Court Appearance by Dominguez Shows a Glimpse of What Appears to Be a Troubled Young Man

Meeting with a Lawyer Shortly after Arrest Improves Case Outcomes

VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: A Wrongful Conviction

Project Free Write: Elias

Innocence Project & Ethics Experts File Briefs Supporting OK Death Row Incarcerated Richard Glossip’s Innocence Case

Fired Sacramento City Cop Gets Sweet Deal for 2 Felonies – District Attorney Calls Judge Offer ‘Affront to Justice’

New York Man Who Spent Nearly 40 Years in Prison Maintaining Innocence Files New Motion Alleging Police Fabricated Murder Weapon Evidence

COURT WATCH: Motion to Quash Continued in Davis Serial Stabbing Case – Judge Waiting for Doctor’s Report before Proceeding

Four Counties Chosen to Join Movement to End Girls’ Incarceration in California

Four Counties Chosen to Join Movement to End Girls’ Incarceration in California

Part Five: Tainted Trials, Tarnished Headlines, Stolen Justice

Part Five: Tainted Trials, Tarnished Headlines, Stolen Justice

Partnership Launched to Eliminate Incarcerating ‘Girls,’ Gender-Expansive Youth

Partnership Launched to Eliminate Incarcerating ‘Girls,’ Gender-Expansive Youth

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith Found Guilty of Corruption on All Six Counts by Jury in Impeachment Trial, Will Be Removed from Office

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith Found Guilty of Corruption on All Six Counts by Jury in Impeachment Trial, Will Be Removed from Office

Bay Area Church v. County, Million $$ Court Battle over COVID Penalties Heads to CA Supreme Court

Bay Area Church v. County, Million $$ Court Battle over COVID Penalties Heads to CA Supreme Court

Lawsuit Filed in Death of Victim of Deadly VTA Mass Shooting in Santa Clara in 2021

Lawsuit Filed in Death of Victim of Deadly VTA Mass Shooting in Santa Clara in 2021

Report Finds Courts in Bay Area Are Ignoring Humphrey Bail Ruling

Report Finds Courts in Bay Area Are Ignoring Humphrey Bail Ruling

Alameda Judge Refuses to Grant OR to Two Men Accused of Violent Crimes

Alameda Judge Refuses to Grant OR to Two Men Accused of Violent Crimes

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 116: Santa Clara DA Candidate Sajid Khan

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 116: Santa Clara DA Candidate Sajid Khan

Low Vaccine Acceptance, No Masking, Medical Neglect– Staff Behavior During COVID in Santa Clara County Jails

Low Vaccine Acceptance, No Masking, Medical Neglect– Staff Behavior During COVID in Santa Clara County Jails

Lawyers Urge Santa Clara County BOS & Sheriff to Address Inhumane Conditions During COVID-19 At County Jails

Lawyers Urge Santa Clara County BOS & Sheriff to Address Inhumane Conditions During COVID-19 At County Jails

Less Than 50 Percent of Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office Staff Accepted Vaccinations; COVID-19 Fears Heighten for Incarcerated People

Less Than 50 Percent of Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office Staff Accepted Vaccinations; COVID-19 Fears Heighten for Incarcerated People

“The Whole Jail Will Be Infected Eventually” — Incarcerated Voices from Elmwood CC Highlight Inhumane Conditions During COVID-19

“The Whole Jail Will Be Infected Eventually” — Incarcerated Voices from Elmwood CC Highlight Inhumane Conditions During COVID-19

No Body, No Weapon, No Crime Scene – How Disappearance Led to Guilty Conviction

No Body, No Weapon, No Crime Scene – How Disappearance Led to Guilty Conviction

Appellate Court Again Declares SB 1437 Constitutional, Accepts Appellant’s Petition to Appeal Conviction

Appellate Court Again Declares SB 1437 Constitutional, Accepts Appellant’s Petition to Appeal Conviction

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