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Melissa Lucio – Facing April Execution – Seeks Recusal of Judge and District Attorney; Her Former Attorney Now DA in Opposing Office

Posted by Ashleen Herrarte
|Date: February 23, 2022
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Melissa Lucio – Facing April Execution – Seeks Recusal of Judge and District Attorney; Her Former Attorney Now DA in Opposing Office

By Ashleen Herrarte and Mathew Seibert BROWNSVILLE, TX – The defense team for Melissa Lucio – scheduled t ...

By Ashleen Herrarte and Mathew Seibert BROWNSVILLE, TX – The defense team for Melissa Lucio – scheduled to be executed in April – is currently seeking the recusal of Judge Gabriela Garcia and District ...

February 23, 2022
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Looking Back: Supreme Court Whittles Down Right against Self-Incrimination

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|Date: February 20, 2022
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Looking Back: Supreme Court Whittles Down Right against Self-Incrimination

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

February 20, 2022
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Open Letter to DA Lisa Smittcamp – Free Douglas Stankewitz

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|Date: February 15, 2022
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Open Letter to DA Lisa Smittcamp – Free Douglas Stankewitz

Dear District Attorney Smittcamp: We ask for your intervention in the matter of Douglas Stankewitz. Even ...

Dear District Attorney Smittcamp: We ask for your intervention in the matter of Douglas Stankewitz. Even though no staff member of yours or current police employee was involved with framing Mr. Stanke ...

February 15, 2022
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Looking Back: The Foul Politics of Prosecution

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|Date: February 13, 2022
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Looking Back: The Foul Politics of Prosecution

After Sixteen Years, Jabbar Collins Was Finally Freed By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature rep ...

After Sixteen Years, Jabbar Collins Was Finally Freed By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, whi ...

February 13, 2022
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Placer Judge Finds Good Cause to Reexamine 30-year-old Murder Case

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|Date: February 10, 2022
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Placer Judge Finds Good Cause to Reexamine 30-year-old Murder Case

If exonerated, Lionell Tholmer would have spent 36 years in prison on wrongful conviction By Robert J. Ha ...

If exonerated, Lionell Tholmer would have spent 36 years in prison on wrongful conviction By Robert J. Hansen Lionell Tholmer has been in prison since 1985 after being convicted of second-degree murde ...

February 10, 2022
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Judge in Rodney Reed Death Row Evidentiary Hearing Condemned by Innocence Project

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: February 07, 2022
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Judge in Rodney Reed Death Row Evidentiary Hearing Condemned by Innocence Project

By Amy Berberyan AUSTIN, TX – This past week, the Innocence Project released a statement condemning Judge ...

By Amy Berberyan AUSTIN, TX – This past week, the Innocence Project released a statement condemning Judge J. D. Langley for abandoning his duty as a neutral party during Rodney Reed’s evidentiary hear ...

February 07, 2022
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Looking Back: Forensic Fraud in Child Abuse Cases

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|Date: February 06, 2022
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Looking Back: Forensic Fraud in Child Abuse Cases

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

February 06, 2022
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Tennessee Court Clears Way for Parole of Long-Incarcerated Pervis Payne as Early as 2027

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|Date: February 01, 2022
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Tennessee Court Clears Way for Parole of Long-Incarcerated Pervis Payne as Early as 2027

The Vanguard Staff MEMPHIS, Tenn. — While the Shelby County District Attorney vowed to appeal, former dea ...

The Vanguard Staff MEMPHIS, Tenn. — While the Shelby County District Attorney vowed to appeal, former death row incarcerated Pervis Payne could be released on parole in as little as five years, thanks ...

February 01, 2022
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Wrongfully Imprisoned for 43 Years, Man Now Sues for Alleged Poor Medical Care in Prison

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|Date: January 25, 2022
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Wrongfully Imprisoned for 43 Years, Man Now Sues for Alleged Poor Medical Care in Prison

By Alexander Ramirez KANSAS CITY, MO. – Kevin Strickland has filed a lawsuit here, alleging that poor med ...

By Alexander Ramirez KANSAS CITY, MO. – Kevin Strickland has filed a lawsuit here, alleging that poor medical care during his 43 years in prison has left him dependent on a wheelchair. These 43 years ...

January 25, 2022
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New Hybrid Model Promises Better Legal Representation for Incarcerated

Posted by Helen Greenia
|Date: January 24, 2022
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New Hybrid Model Promises Better Legal Representation for Incarcerated

By Mei Perez and Helen Greenia BEXAR, TX - In 2010, Laquita Garcia was wrongfully arrested for theft and ...

By Mei Perez and Helen Greenia BEXAR, TX - In 2010, Laquita Garcia was wrongfully arrested for theft and could not pay the $30,000 bond—as a result, she was forced to stay in jail for over a year. Mak ...

January 24, 2022
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Ohio’s Wrongful Conviction Project Primed to Investigate and Litigate More Cases

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|Date: January 24, 2022
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Ohio’s Wrongful Conviction Project Primed to Investigate and Litigate More Cases

By Katherine Longjohn COLUMBUS, OH – Continuing the momentum from their three big wins in 2021, Ohio’s Wr ...

By Katherine Longjohn COLUMBUS, OH – Continuing the momentum from their three big wins in 2021, Ohio’s Wrongful Conviction Project has plans to take on even more cases moving into the new year. One of ...

January 24, 2022
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Death Penalty Abolition Group Charges Wrongful Conviction Rates Mean U.S. Should Abolish the Death Penalty

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 22, 2022
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Death Penalty Abolition Group Charges Wrongful Conviction Rates Mean U.S. Should Abolish the Death Penalty

By Tiffany Thai SAN FRANCISCO, CA - One in every 8.3 people put on death row has been wrongfully convicte ...

By Tiffany Thai SAN FRANCISCO, CA - One in every 8.3 people put on death row has been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in the U.S. since executions resumed in the 1970s, according to the De ...

January 22, 2022
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Looking Back: New York Passes Vital Anti-Prison Census Legislation

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|Date: January 09, 2022
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Looking Back: New York Passes Vital Anti-Prison Census Legislation

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

January 09, 2022
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Federal Court, Philly DA Office Agree Rights Violated of Man Convicted of Murder in 1984 – Conviction of Willie Stokes Vacated

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|Date: January 04, 2022
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Federal Court, Philly DA Office Agree Rights Violated of Man Convicted of Murder in 1984 – Conviction of Willie Stokes Vacated

By Vanguard Staff PHILADELPHIA, PA – A federal court here has agreed with prosecutors that the due proces ...

By Vanguard Staff PHILADELPHIA, PA – A federal court here has agreed with prosecutors that the due process rights of Willie Stokes had been violated repeatedly, and vacated his 1984 murder conviction, ...

January 04, 2022
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Looking Back: Case Not Handled ‘Righteously’

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|Date: December 26, 2021
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Looking Back: Case Not Handled ‘Righteously’

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

December 26, 2021
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23 Years Later, Devonia Inman Exonerated from Prison Life Sentence after Discovery of Evidence Never Disclosed by Prosecution

Posted by Ava Schwartzapfel
|Date: December 22, 2021
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23 Years Later, Devonia Inman Exonerated from Prison Life Sentence after Discovery of Evidence Never Disclosed by Prosecution

By Ava Schwartzapfel, Julia Urquizo and Jake Wylie AUGUSTA, GA— Devonia Inman—23 years later—has been rel ...

By Ava Schwartzapfel, Julia Urquizo and Jake Wylie AUGUSTA, GA— Devonia Inman—23 years later—has been released from prison and a life sentence after he was found to be not involved in the infamous 199 ...

December 22, 2021
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Death Row Defense Team Charges Prosecutors Illegally Hid Evidence from 1998 Jury, 23 Years Ago

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|Date: December 18, 2021
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Death Row Defense Team Charges Prosecutors Illegally Hid Evidence from 1998 Jury, 23 Years Ago

By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – An appeal filed here Friday in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals c ...

By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – An appeal filed here Friday in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals charged the prosecution in a trial more than 20 years ago “illegally concealed statements” that ...

December 18, 2021
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Letter from Prison, from Ajay Dev

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 14, 2021
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Letter from Prison, from Ajay Dev

by Ajay Dev I received a letter from someone I never met. She learned about me through a friend who knew ...

by Ajay Dev I received a letter from someone I never met. She learned about me through a friend who knew about my case. She had read my story and the facts behind it, believed I was innocent, and expr ...

December 14, 2021
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Looking Back: Barry Gibbs Gets $11.8 Million for Nineteen Years of Wrongful Imprisonment

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|Date: December 12, 2021
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Looking Back: Barry Gibbs Gets $11.8 Million for Nineteen Years of Wrongful Imprisonment

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

December 12, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 133: Release of Vanderhorst at 46 Years of Wrongful Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 133: Release of Vanderhorst at 46 Years of Wrongful Incarceration

In 2020, the Vanguard covered a series of hearings involving Zachary Vanderhorst, 65, who had been impris ...

In 2020, the Vanguard covered a series of hearings involving Zachary Vanderhorst, 65, who had been imprisoned for 46 years after guilty pleas he made 1974 for crimes he did not commit. A judge after a ...

December 06, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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