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Yolo County 1437 Case Put Off until January, Yolo DA Continues to Challenge Felony Murder Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2019
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Yolo County 1437 Case Put Off until January, Yolo DA Continues to Challenge Felony Murder Reform

While the Fourth Appellate District of California has ruled that SB 1437 is constitutional, the Yolo Coun ...

While the Fourth Appellate District of California has ruled that SB 1437 is constitutional, the Yolo County District Attorney is continuing to fight it. Two cases before the Fourth District out of Sa ...

November 21, 2019
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Has Granted Rodney Reed an Indefinite Stay of Execution

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 16, 2019
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Has Granted Rodney Reed an Indefinite Stay of Execution

(From Press Release – Innocence Project) On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously vo ...

(From Press Release – Innocence Project) On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously voted in favor of a 120-day reprieve of Rodney Reed’s execution. Now, the decision lies with Gove ...

November 16, 2019
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Couzens Ambushes Ajay Dev Team with a Transcript Trap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2019
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Couzens Ambushes Ajay Dev Team with a Transcript Trap

Monday’s evidentiary hearing of the ten-year-old Ajay Dev case began with more of the same from Deputy DA ...

Monday’s evidentiary hearing of the ten-year-old Ajay Dev case began with more of the same from Deputy DA Ryan Couzens. He began the proceedings complaining that his copies of the discovered notes fr ...

October 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Find Out Whether Lamar Johnson Is Innocent of Murder

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|Date: October 25, 2019
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Find Out Whether Lamar Johnson Is Innocent of Murder

A trial court’s rejection of the findings by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Conviction Integrity Unit is ...

A trial court’s rejection of the findings by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Conviction Integrity Unit is the latest example of the powers that be standing in the way of justice. By Somil Trivedi and A ...

October 25, 2019
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My View: DA Plays Hardball in Efforts to Free Ajay Dev

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2019
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My View: DA Plays Hardball in Efforts to Free Ajay Dev

We are two weeks out from another evidentiary hearing for Ajay Dev, but perhaps the most telling part of ...

We are two weeks out from another evidentiary hearing for Ajay Dev, but perhaps the most telling part of the last one that occurred on September 12 is that DA Ryan Couzens was going to play hardball a ...

October 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 15: Ajay Dev Speaks from Prison for First Time

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 15: Ajay Dev Speaks from Prison for First Time

In 2009, Ajay Dev was wrongly convicted of 76 counts of raping his adopted daughter and sentenced to 378 ...

In 2009, Ajay Dev was wrongly convicted of 76 counts of raping his adopted daughter and sentenced to 378 years. Now, a decade later, he is having his Habeas Corpus hearing in Yolo County, attempting t ...

October 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Deputy DA’s Request for All of Dev’s Previous Attorney Files Denied

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: October 01, 2019
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Deputy DA’s Request for All of Dev’s Previous Attorney Files Denied

By Danielle Silva In light of Ajay Dev filing an Ineffective Assistance of Counsel claim, the prosecution ...

By Danielle Silva In light of Ajay Dev filing an Ineffective Assistance of Counsel claim, the prosecution’s request for all of Dev’s previous attorney’s trial transcripts was denied. Since 2009, Ajay ...

October 01, 2019
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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
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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
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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
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Family, Supporters Ask to Have Lodi Terror Suspect Released after Conviction Overturned

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|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
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Federal Judge Tosses Conviction of Alleged Lodi ‘Terrorist’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 31, 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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