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Dev Hearing Decision Is Delayed Two More Weeks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 21, 2019
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Dev Hearing Decision Is Delayed Two More Weeks

The parties for Ajay Dev were back in court briefly on Monday as Ed Swanson, who will be arguing on behal ...

The parties for Ajay Dev were back in court briefly on Monday as Ed Swanson, who will be arguing on behalf of Mr. Dev, appeared as did Deputy DA Steve Mount. Judge Janene Beronio heard the matter for ...

May 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Brief Hearings Heard in Dev, Olague Cases

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2019
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Brief Hearings Heard in Dev, Olague Cases

Two cases that were a long time in the making came to Yolo County courtrooms in separate departments on W ...

Two cases that were a long time in the making came to Yolo County courtrooms in separate departments on Wednesday. Both were heard briefly, with follow up hearings set in different departments for Ma ...

April 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Ajay Dev Set for a Hearing April 24

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 07, 2019
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Ajay Dev Set for a Hearing April 24

A few weeks ago it seemed likely to occur, but now it is official – Ajay Dev, convicted of rape of his ad ...

A few weeks ago it seemed likely to occur, but now it is official – Ajay Dev, convicted of rape of his adopted daughter in 2009 and sentenced to 378 years in prison, will now receive an evidentiary he ...

April 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Ajay Dev Letter Explains His Case and His Chances for Exoneration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2019
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Ajay Dev Letter Explains His Case and His Chances for Exoneration

In August 2009, Ajay Dev was sentenced to 378 years after a Yolo County jury found him guilty of 76 of 92 ...

In August 2009, Ajay Dev was sentenced to 378 years after a Yolo County jury found him guilty of 76 of 92 counts of rape, sexual assault and improper sexual conduct with an adopted daughter – a distan ...

March 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Family and Supporters Hopeful for an Evidentiary Hearing on Ajay Dev

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2019
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Family and Supporters Hopeful for an Evidentiary Hearing on Ajay Dev

Family and supporters are still hopeful they can get an evidentiary hearing on Ajay Dev’s now decade-old ...

Family and supporters are still hopeful they can get an evidentiary hearing on Ajay Dev’s now decade-old case. Mr. Dev was convicted and sentenced to 378 years in prison after a 2009 trial where the j ...

March 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Case for Commuting the Sentence of Ajay Dev

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2018
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Commentary: The Case for Commuting the Sentence of Ajay Dev

We are rapidly coming up on the 10-year anniversary of the conviction of Ajay Dev and his 378-year senten ...

We are rapidly coming up on the 10-year anniversary of the conviction of Ajay Dev and his 378-year sentence for allegedly raping his adopted daughter over a five-year period of time, now over 15 years ...

November 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What True Progressive Leadership of the DA’s Office Would Look Like

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What True Progressive Leadership of the DA’s Office Would Look Like

During the hotly contested election for district attorney, the Davis Enterprise, in endorsing incumbent D ...

During the hotly contested election for district attorney, the Davis Enterprise, in endorsing incumbent DA Jeff Reisig, wrote: “Despite efforts by those opposed to him to portray him as something that ...

August 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Habeas Filing on Ajay Dev Answers a Number of Questions I Have Had about the Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2018
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Commentary: Habeas Filing on Ajay Dev Answers a Number of Questions I Have Had about the Case

It was one of those pivotal moments in life for both myself and Ajay Dev – but for very different reasons ...

It was one of those pivotal moments in life for both myself and Ajay Dev – but for very different reasons. For me, I sat in the courtroom in 2009 for the first time and was stunned when Judge Timothy ...

July 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Habeas Filing Shows Evidence Victim Lied, New Translation in 2009 Conviction of Ajay Dev

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2018
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Habeas Filing Shows Evidence Victim Lied, New Translation in 2009 Conviction of Ajay Dev

Attorneys for Ajay Dev are seeking to overturn the conviction from 2009 that resulted in a 378-year priso ...

Attorneys for Ajay Dev are seeking to overturn the conviction from 2009 that resulted in a 378-year prison sentence when the jury found Mr. Dev guilty of 76 of 92 counts involving the alleged rape of ...

July 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Judge Denies New Trial Motions in Robbery Case, but Holds Open Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2018
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Judge Denies New Trial Motions in Robbery Case, but Holds Open Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims

Judge David Rosenberg on Friday pointed out that a jury had convicted Ricky Hernandez and Joshua Cadenaz- ...

Judge David Rosenberg on Friday pointed out that a jury had convicted Ricky Hernandez and Joshua Cadenaz-Lopez more than seven months ago of robbery and gang charges, as he denied motions for a new tr ...

July 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Family Tries to Raise Money to Appeal Justin Gonzalez’s Wrongful Conviction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2018
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Family Tries to Raise Money to Appeal Justin Gonzalez’s Wrongful Conviction

In early December, a Yolo County jury convicted Alexis Velazquez of first degree murder and Justin Gonzal ...

In early December, a Yolo County jury convicted Alexis Velazquez of first degree murder and Justin Gonzalez of second degree murder in the stabbing death of Ronald Antonio in Woodland last year. Howev ...

March 08, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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The Dallas County DA Election Is a Big Deal

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 17, 2018
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The Dallas County DA Election Is a Big Deal

By Anthony Graves On March 6, the voters of Dallas County will begin the process of choosing their next d ...

By Anthony Graves On March 6, the voters of Dallas County will begin the process of choosing their next district attorney. This is a critical decision that will have lasting effects on the lives of mi ...

February 17, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Gonzalez Proclaims His Innocence but Sentenced to 70 to Life

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2018
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Gonzalez Proclaims His Innocence but Sentenced to 70 to Life

Judge Daniel P. Maguire acknowledged he was troubled that he was holding a CD with a recording that the d ...

Judge Daniel P. Maguire acknowledged he was troubled that he was holding a CD with a recording that the defense did not have access to during the trial. However, he ended up ruling that, given the th ...

February 10, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Local Media Cover the Tragedy, but Not the Injustice

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: The Local Media Cover the Tragedy, but Not the Injustice

On Friday morning, Judge Rosenberg’s courtroom was the place to be, with two sentencing hearings for case ...

On Friday morning, Judge Rosenberg’s courtroom was the place to be, with two sentencing hearings for cases that we are tracking. As it turned out, the two cases could not be more different, both in b ...

January 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Families Call for Justice in Two Recent Wrongful Conviction Cases in Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2018
| (1) Comment

Families Call for Justice in Two Recent Wrongful Conviction Cases in Yolo County

The families of two men they believe to have been wrongfully convicted called out for justice on Monday i ...

The families of two men they believe to have been wrongfully convicted called out for justice on Monday in front of Yolo County Superior Court during a steady rain. Justin Gonzalez was convicted of m ...

January 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Classic Wrongful Conviction Problems Punctuate Gonzalez Conviction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: Classic Wrongful Conviction Problems Punctuate Gonzalez Conviction

When we talked with Attorney Keith Staten, who represented Justin Gonzalez in the Case Del Sol murder cas ...

When we talked with Attorney Keith Staten, who represented Justin Gonzalez in the Case Del Sol murder case that ended with Mr. Gonzalez’ conviction for second degree murder, Mr. Staten was legitimatel ...

December 24, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Another Wrongful Conviction in Yolo?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2017
| (2) Comments

Commentary: Another Wrongful Conviction in Yolo?

We first covered Justin Gonzalez in 2013 when the then-19-year-old Woodland resident was accused in a gan ...

We first covered Justin Gonzalez in 2013 when the then-19-year-old Woodland resident was accused in a gang robbery that from the start seemed way overcharged and, to compound matters, had identificati ...

December 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Family Believes Man Convicted of Robbery in Yolo to Be Innocent

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2017
| (2) Comments

Family Believes Man Convicted of Robbery in Yolo to Be Innocent

On November 9, 2017, the trial of Josh Cadenaz-Lopez and his co-defendant Ricky Hernandez ended after se ...

On November 9, 2017, the trial of Josh Cadenaz-Lopez and his co-defendant Ricky Hernandez ended after several weeks of testimony, with both men being found guilty of robbery, weapons charges, and gan ...

December 11, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Former Prosecutor Says Reisig Coached a Key Witness in Infamous Halloween Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 30, 2017
| (16) Comments

Former Prosecutor Says Reisig Coached a Key Witness in Infamous Halloween Case

Tuesday will mark the 15th anniversary of the 2002 shooting deaths of Eric Folsom (age 17) and Robert Ste ...

Tuesday will mark the 15th anniversary of the 2002 shooting deaths of Eric Folsom (age 17) and Robert Stepper (age 20) in Woodland. A jury in 2006 convicted Ernesto Arellano, Oscar Cervantes and Jame ...

October 30, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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My View: How Injustice Occurs in the Legal System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2017
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My View: How Injustice Occurs in the Legal System

I just finished reading Blind Injustice by Mark Godsey, a professor of law and a leader of the Ohio Innoc ...

I just finished reading Blind Injustice by Mark Godsey, a professor of law and a leader of the Ohio Innocence Project. He talked about his former career as a prosecutor and the mistakes that lead to ...

September 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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