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Texas: Rosa Jimenez Exonerated of Crime that Never Took Place

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: August 10, 2023
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Texas: Rosa Jimenez Exonerated of Crime that Never Took Place

By Audrey Sawyer AUSTIN, TX - A wrongful conviction in Texas of Rosa Jimenez has been exonerated after 18 ...

By Audrey Sawyer AUSTIN, TX - A wrongful conviction in Texas of Rosa Jimenez has been exonerated after 18 years, after it was determined by medical experts that the death of a 21-month-old child noted ...

August 10, 2023
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California Joins Coalition Opposing Billion Dollar Deal with 3M over Water Contamination

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|Date: July 30, 2023
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California Joins Coalition Opposing Billion Dollar Deal with 3M over Water Contamination

By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week announced his state’s opp ...

By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week announced his state’s opposition to a proposed class action settlement that Bonta claims “fails to adequately hold accou ...

July 30, 2023
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Los Angeles Shop Owner, Others National – Through No Fault of Their Own – at Mercy of Police Damages during Pursuits of Criminals

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|Date: July 30, 2023
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Los Angeles Shop Owner, Others National – Through No Fault of Their Own – at Mercy of Police Damages during Pursuits of Criminals

By The Vanguard LOS ANGELES, CA – After a fugitive pushed owner Carlos Pena from his shop and barricaded ...

By The Vanguard LOS ANGELES, CA – After a fugitive pushed owner Carlos Pena from his shop and barricaded himself inside last year, a SWAT team from the City of Los Angeles fired more than 30 rounds of ...

July 30, 2023
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Unlike Other States, California Ex-Prisoners Left on Own – Prison to Homelessness Pipeline Real Thing

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|Date: July 21, 2023
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Unlike Other States, California Ex-Prisoners Left on Own – Prison to Homelessness Pipeline Real Thing

By The Vanguard Staff LONG BEACH, CA – A recently-released prisoner here, Alberto Perez, has bounced arou ...

By The Vanguard Staff LONG BEACH, CA – A recently-released prisoner here, Alberto Perez, has bounced around California prisons most of his adult life, and according to an NBC News report is proof of a ...

July 21, 2023
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Defense Lawyers for Man on Death Row Issue Censure of Prosecutors and Judge Following Recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Ruling

Posted by Claire Hsu
|Date: July 02, 2023
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Defense Lawyers for Man on Death Row Issue Censure of Prosecutors and Judge Following Recent Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Ruling

By Claire Hsu AUSTIN, TX - The attorney for Rodney Reed and the Innocence Project last week issued state ...

By Claire Hsu AUSTIN, TX - The attorney for Rodney Reed and the Innocence Project last week issued statements censuring the judge and prosecutors who prosecuted his initial trial, following the recen ...

July 02, 2023
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Illegal Book Bans: Governor Newsom, Attorney General Bonta, State Superintendent Thurmond Warn Against Book Bans Statewide

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 03, 2023
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Illegal Book Bans: Governor Newsom, Attorney General Bonta, State Superintendent Thurmond Warn Against Book Bans Statewide

By Leslie Garcia SACRAMENTO, CA - California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter along with State Superinte ...

By Leslie Garcia SACRAMENTO, CA - California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter along with State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and Attorney General Rob Bonta to school and county superintendents, and ch ...

June 03, 2023
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Implications for Immigration Policy Now that Title 42 Has Been Lifted

Posted by Monserrat Juraez
|Date: May 31, 2023
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Implications for Immigration Policy Now that Title 42 Has Been Lifted

By Monserrat Juarez U.S.-MEXICO BORDER—Amidst the ongoing immigration crisis plaguing the U.S. southern b ...

By Monserrat Juarez U.S.-MEXICO BORDER—Amidst the ongoing immigration crisis plaguing the U.S. southern border, the termination of Title 42 has politicians predicting a surge in immigrants. On ...

May 31, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Man Forced to Risk Days Off from Work and Travel from Texas to Yolo County to Install a SCRAM Device

Posted by Cynthia Hoang-Duong
|Date: May 22, 2023
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COURT WATCH: Man Forced to Risk Days Off from Work and Travel from Texas to Yolo County to Install a SCRAM Device

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Judge Daniel M. Wolk ordered a man—who already missed several days ...

By Cynthia Hoang-Duong WOODLAND, CA – Judge Daniel M. Wolk ordered a man—who already missed several days of work when his court dates were postponed—to travel to the Yolo County area from his job in T ...

May 22, 2023
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Racist, Discriminatory Lending Class Action Suit Filed against Wells Fargo by Civil Rights Lawyers

Posted by Sophia Barberini
|Date: May 19, 2023
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Racist, Discriminatory Lending Class Action Suit Filed against Wells Fargo by Civil Rights Lawyers

By Sophia Barberini SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A team of attorneys and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown j ...

By Sophia Barberini SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A team of attorneys and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown joined a news conference here Wednesday to announce a class action lawsuit against Well Fargo ba ...

May 19, 2023
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Student Opinion: Reconsidering Mexico in the Arts

Posted by Ian Bastida
|Date: May 04, 2023
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Student Opinion: Reconsidering Mexico in the Arts

by Ian Bastida LOS ANGELES — There seems to be a specific type of person that many envision as what an ar ...

by Ian Bastida LOS ANGELES — There seems to be a specific type of person that many envision as what an artist looks like. Gordon Ramsey is a chef’s blueprint and Michelangelo encapsulates the painter— ...

May 04, 2023
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CA Legislative Women’s Caucus Leaders Denounce Texas Judge’s Ruling Suspending Medically Safe Reproductive Treatment

Posted by Rena Abdusalam
|Date: April 08, 2023
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CA Legislative Women’s Caucus Leaders Denounce Texas Judge’s Ruling Suspending Medically Safe Reproductive Treatment

By Rena Abdusalam SACRAMENTO, CA - State Senator Nancy Skinner, California Legislative Women’s Caucus Cha ...

By Rena Abdusalam SACRAMENTO, CA - State Senator Nancy Skinner, California Legislative Women’s Caucus Chair Senator, and Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, Vice Chair, released a recent statement Fr ...

April 08, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 192: Why is Texas Trying to Execute Andre Thomas?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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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ACLU Reprimands Houston School District for Discriminatory Treatment Towards Girls’ Sports Team, Black Student Athlete

Posted by Sunny Zhou
|Date: March 06, 2023
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ACLU Reprimands Houston School District for Discriminatory Treatment Towards Girls’ Sports Team, Black Student Athlete

By Sunny Zhou HOUSTON, TX - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas this past week sent ...

By Sunny Zhou HOUSTON, TX - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas this past week sent the Spring Branch Independent School District a warning letter for their “mistreatment” of a st ...

March 06, 2023
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Severely Mentally Ill Man on Texas Death Row Requests Clemency from Governor, Texas Board of Pardons and Parole

Posted by Ivan Villegas
|Date: February 17, 2023
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Severely Mentally Ill Man on Texas Death Row Requests Clemency from Governor, Texas Board of Pardons and Parole

By Ivan Villegas AUSTIN, TX - Attorneys for Andre Thomas are requesting to have his sentence of death com ...

By Ivan Villegas AUSTIN, TX - Attorneys for Andre Thomas are requesting to have his sentence of death commuted to life in prison or a reprieve to allow the courts to determine if he is competent for h ...

February 17, 2023
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Three Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit against Texas for Planning to Use Expired Execution Drugs in Upcoming Executions

Posted by Gracyann Joslin
|Date: January 05, 2023
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Three Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit against Texas for Planning to Use Expired Execution Drugs in Upcoming Executions

By Rena Abdusalam AUSTIN, TX - If it goes through with its upcoming executions, Texas will allegedly be v ...

By Rena Abdusalam AUSTIN, TX - If it goes through with its upcoming executions, Texas will allegedly be violating its own laws and generating significant risks of pain and agony for their inmates thro ...

January 05, 2023
| by Gracyann Joslin

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Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One

Posted by Rena Abdusalam
|Date: November 13, 2022
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Texas Sets Execution for Andre Thomas, Person with Mental Illness Who Gouged Out Eyes and Ate One

By Rena Abdusalam HUNTSVILLE, TX - Andre Thomas, a schizophrenic Black man currently on Texas death row, ...

By Rena Abdusalam HUNTSVILLE, TX - Andre Thomas, a schizophrenic Black man currently on Texas death row, has been set an execution date of April 5, 2023, according to the 15th District Court of Grayso ...

November 13, 2022
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Texas DA Agrees with Defense, Trial Judge Had ‘Actual Bias’ against Jewish Man; District Judge Recommends Murder Conviction Be Overturned

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 28, 2022
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Texas DA Agrees with Defense, Trial Judge Had ‘Actual Bias’ against Jewish Man; District Judge Recommends Murder Conviction Be Overturned

By The Vanguard Staff DALLAS, TX – The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s office urged the distr ...

By The Vanguard Staff DALLAS, TX – The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s office urged the district court to grant “habeas relief” because the trial judge presiding over the murder trial of R ...

September 28, 2022
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Kosoul Chanthakoummane Faces Execution in Texas Despite Lack of Evidence of Guilt

Posted by Ariel Peterson
|Date: August 24, 2022
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Kosoul Chanthakoummane Faces Execution in Texas Despite Lack of Evidence of Guilt

By Ariel Peterson AUSTIN, TX—Kosoul Chanthakoummane is scheduled to be executed in Texas on ...

By Ariel Peterson AUSTIN, TX—Kosoul Chanthakoummane is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Aug. 17, 2022, despite significant doubt with his conviction due to its reliance on faulty and ...

August 24, 2022
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Texas Gov’s Anti-Trans Directive Threatens Lives, Undermines Public Safety Argue Current and Former Prosecutors, Attorneys General and Law Enforcement Officials

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 28, 2022
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Texas Gov’s Anti-Trans Directive Threatens Lives, Undermines Public Safety Argue Current and Former Prosecutors, Attorneys General and Law Enforcement Officials

By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – An amicus brief was filed this week by criminal justice leaders in the ...

By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – An amicus brief was filed this week by criminal justice leaders in the Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas at Austin in Jane Doe v. Greg Abbott, support ...

July 28, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to th ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty, hosted a webinar on Tuesday featuring a discussion on the dea ...

June 15, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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