Taxpayers Face Escalating Liability as Wrongly Convicted Inmate Sues CDCR for Facilitating Hate Crime
The Vanguard has learned that a pre-dawn 911 call from R.J. Donovan Prison led to an ambulance…
Justice Denied in Ronnie Long Case
US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals States DNA Evidence Withheld for 30 Years Has “Minimal” Probative Value…
Felipe Rodriguez Exonerated of All Charges in 1987 Queens Murder Case
(From Press Release – Innocence Project) – (New York – December 30, 2019) Today, the Hon. Joseph…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 21 – Dusty Turner Wrongly Convicted in a Bad Virginia System
In 1986, Dusty Turner was convicted of 1st degree murder and abduction and sentenced to 82 years…
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 County…
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 voted…
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…
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 the…
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…
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…
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’s…
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…
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…
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 Muslims with…
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 of relief…
Federal Judge Tosses Conviction of Alleged Lodi ‘Terrorist’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A young Lodi cherry picker, who just happened to…
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 one of…
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….
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…
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…