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My View: Ajay Dev Meets the Notorious Yolo County Deputy District Attorney Ryan J. Couzens

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2019
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My View: Ajay Dev Meets the Notorious Yolo County Deputy District Attorney Ryan J. Couzens

It is really too bad that they don’t allow cameras into courtrooms – I think the public needs to see Depu ...

It is really too bad that they don’t allow cameras into courtrooms – I think the public needs to see Deputy DA Ryan Couzens in action in order to have a proper perspective on him. He was Jeff Reisig’ ...

September 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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New Evidence Leads to 1991 Trinity County Murder to Be Overturned

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2019
| (9) Comments

New Evidence Leads to 1991 Trinity County Murder to Be Overturned

Last week, a man wrongfully convicted of murder in a case that occurred in Trinity County, but was tried ...

Last week, a man wrongfully convicted of murder in a case that occurred in Trinity County, but was tried by a special prosecutor in Solano County, was exonerated based on newly discovered evidence, in ...

August 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Trump Justice Dept. Holds Keys to Release of Terror Suspect Whose Conviction Was Overturned

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 03, 2019
| (4) Comments

Trump Justice Dept. Holds Keys to Release of Terror Suspect Whose Conviction Was Overturned

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – President Donald Trump – no friend of Musli ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – President Donald Trump – no friend of Muslims with his policy to ban them from the U.S. – may hold the keys to the release of Hamid Hayat, ...

August 03, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Family, Supporters Ask to Have Lodi Terror Suspect Released after Conviction Overturned

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 01, 2019
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Family, Supporters Ask to Have Lodi Terror Suspect Released after Conviction Overturned

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Several dozen family and friends wore looks ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Several dozen family and friends wore looks of relief mixed with grim determination here Wednesday at a U.S. Courthouse news conference to ...

August 01, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Federal Judge Tosses Conviction of Alleged Lodi ‘Terrorist’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 31, 2019
| (1) Comment

Federal Judge Tosses Conviction of Alleged Lodi ‘Terrorist’

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A young Lodi cherry picker, who just happen ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A young Lodi cherry picker, who just happened to be Muslim, was convicted in federal court in 2006 on terrorism-related charges – but Tues ...

July 31, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: If Reisig Wants to Be a Progressive Prosecutor – Here’s His Chance in the Dev Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: If Reisig Wants to Be a Progressive Prosecutor – Here’s His Chance in the Dev Case

District Attorney Jeff Reisig has, strangely enough, two reputations. Some will tell you he’s actually o ...

District Attorney Jeff Reisig has, strangely enough, two reputations. Some will tell you he’s actually one of the more progressive prosecutors in the state. That’s what an editorial in the Enterpris ...

July 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Court Watch TV, Episode 5 (Video) – Part 3 of Ajay Dev Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 10, 2019
| (7) Comments

Vanguard Court Watch TV, Episode 5 (Video) – Part 3 of Ajay Dev Case

Ajay Dev has been in prison for nearly 10 years for charges that many believe were unfounded. His appella ...

Ajay Dev has been in prison for nearly 10 years for charges that many believe were unfounded. His appellate team has filed a writ of Habeas Corpus and he has been granted what figures to be an ongoing ...

June 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Deputy DA Mount’s Conduct in Court Shows Lack of Objectivity in Dev Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 09, 2019
| (2) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Deputy DA Mount’s Conduct in Court Shows Lack of Objectivity in Dev Case

At the court on Friday morning as Judge Janene Beronio was deciding when to schedule an evidentiary heari ...

At the court on Friday morning as Judge Janene Beronio was deciding when to schedule an evidentiary hearing in the ten-year-old case of Ajay Dev, who was sentenced ten years ago on 76 counts of rape t ...

June 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Defense Discusses Difficulties in Bringing New Witnesses in Ajay Dev Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 08, 2019
| (3) Comments

Defense Discusses Difficulties in Bringing New Witnesses in Ajay Dev Case

By Lauren Jaech The evidentiary hearing for Ajay Dev continued today with a discussion about bringing in ...

By Lauren Jaech The evidentiary hearing for Ajay Dev continued today with a discussion about bringing in new witnesses and deciding the next step for the proceedings. Mr. Dev has been serving a 378-ye ...

June 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Court Watch TV, Episode 4 (Video) – Part 2 of Ajay Dev Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch TV, Episode 4 (Video) – Part 2 of Ajay Dev Case

Ajay Dev has been in prison for nearly 10 years for charges that many believe were unfounded. His appella ...

Ajay Dev has been in prison for nearly 10 years for charges that many believe were unfounded. His appellate team has filed a writ of Habeas Corpus and he has been granted what figures to be an ongoing ...

June 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Defense Calls for Witness Re-Examination of Ajay Dev 10 Years after Trial

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 31, 2019
| (3) Comments

Defense Calls for Witness Re-Examination of Ajay Dev 10 Years after Trial

By Danielle Eden C. Silva The Ajay Dev case had an evidentiary hearing today to ask the court to re-exami ...

By Danielle Eden C. Silva The Ajay Dev case had an evidentiary hearing today to ask the court to re-examine witnesses and information involving a 10-year-old trial. Since 2009, Dev has been serving a ...

May 31, 2019
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Vanguard Court Watch TV, Episode 3 (Video) – Part 1 of Ajay Dev Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 29, 2019
| (5) Comments

Vanguard Court Watch TV, Episode 3 (Video) – Part 1 of Ajay Dev Case

Ajay Dev has been in prison for nearly 10 years for charges that many believe were unfounded. His appell ...

Ajay Dev has been in prison for nearly 10 years for charges that many believe were unfounded. His appellate team has filed a writ of Habeas Corpus and he has been granted what figures to be an ongoin ...

May 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Dev Hearing Decision Is Delayed Two More Weeks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 21, 2019
| (12) Comments

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
| (5) Comments

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
| (9) Comments

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
| (3) Comments

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
| (7) Comments

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
| (9) Comments

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
| (11) Comments

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

| (11) Comments

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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
| (16) Comments

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

| (16) Comments

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