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Commentary: Another Example of the Media Failing to Do Its Job

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 22, 2020
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Commentary: Another Example of the Media Failing to Do Its Job

One of the continuing themes that has been ramped up in California and indeed across the country is the ...

One of the continuing themes that has been ramped up in California and indeed across the country is the push back by traditional law and order DAs and sheriffs on COVID-based releases from jails and ...

May 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Yolo DA Continues to Present Anecdotes on Zero Bail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Yolo DA Continues to Present Anecdotes on Zero Bail

Every time the Yolo County DA has put out a press release on someone committing a new crime after being r ...

Every time the Yolo County DA has put out a press release on someone committing a new crime after being released, they have failed to put the story in proper context. Nowhere do they let the media or ...

May 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Yolo DA Continues to Cherrypick Bad Cases

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2020
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Commentary: Yolo DA Continues to Cherrypick Bad Cases

by David Greenwald Data rather than anecdotes should be driving public policy decisions during this COVID ...

by David Greenwald Data rather than anecdotes should be driving public policy decisions during this COVID-19 crisis. And yet, what we have seen from the Yolo County District Attorney, in the form of ...

May 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Discussion Looks at COVID Response by LA DA Ahead of November Election

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2020
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Discussion Looks at COVID Response by LA DA Ahead of November Election

With challenger George Gascón headed to a runoff against incumbent Jackie Lacey in November in LA’s Distr ...

With challenger George Gascón headed to a runoff against incumbent Jackie Lacey in November in LA’s District Attorney race, the discussion is ramping up on what the DA’s office needs to do to save liv ...

May 14, 2020
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Bail Lowered but Not Eliminated for Man Who Allegedly Threw Rock

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 11, 2020
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Bail Lowered but Not Eliminated for Man Who Allegedly Threw Rock

By Alexandra Cline WOODLAND, Ca. - An in-custody defendant appeared Friday in Yolo County Superior Court, ...

By Alexandra Cline WOODLAND, Ca. - An in-custody defendant appeared Friday in Yolo County Superior Court, and was charged for throwing a rock at someone on his street—but the defendant argued he was d ...

May 11, 2020
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One Defendant Charged with Threatening to Commit a Crime Resulting in GBI Given Pretrial Release, Another Given $5,000 Bail for Protective Order Violation

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 08, 2020
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One Defendant Charged with Threatening to Commit a Crime Resulting in GBI Given Pretrial Release, Another Given $5,000 Bail for Protective Order Violation

By Manuel Espinoza SACRAMENTO - The Sacramento Superior Court chose to allow pretrial release for a defen ...

By Manuel Espinoza SACRAMENTO - The Sacramento Superior Court chose to allow pretrial release for a defendant charged with threatening a crime resulting in great bodily injury, and gave another defend ...

May 08, 2020
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Sacramento Man Denied Release after Alleged Violent Actions

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 05, 2020
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Sacramento Man Denied Release after Alleged Violent Actions

By Julietta Bisharyan SACRAMENTO - In the Sacramento County Superior Court, the judge denied a defendant ...

By Julietta Bisharyan SACRAMENTO - In the Sacramento County Superior Court, the judge denied a defendant reduced bail and release based on his multiple counts of violent crimes. The defendant, Khyliah ...

May 05, 2020
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Man Caught with $77,000 Cash and Illegal Firearms Bail at $580K, Another Defendant’s Bail Reduced to $500K

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 05, 2020
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Man Caught with $77,000 Cash and Illegal Firearms Bail at $580K, Another Defendant’s Bail Reduced to $500K

By Lea Barrios SACRAMENTO - A man - unidentified because the Zoom live stream was unintelligible at the t ...

By Lea Barrios SACRAMENTO - A man - unidentified because the Zoom live stream was unintelligible at the time - was allegedly found with illegal firearms and $77,000 in cash from his illegal sale of ma ...

May 05, 2020
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California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal Strikes Down on Misinterpretation of $0 Bail Schedule

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 04, 2020
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California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal Strikes Down on Misinterpretation of $0 Bail Schedule

By Linh Nguyen Confusion over the interpretation of Emergency Rule 4, which establishes a statewide Emerg ...

By Linh Nguyen Confusion over the interpretation of Emergency Rule 4, which establishes a statewide Emergency Bail Schedule, was addressed as petitioners challenge the consistency of an order in San D ...

May 04, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Sunday Commentary: Should Shaun Moore Have Been Released?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Should Shaun Moore Have Been Released?

by David Greenwald It was a bizarre case to begin with. Shaun Moore, 40, made headlines locally when h ...

by David Greenwald It was a bizarre case to begin with. Shaun Moore, 40, made headlines locally when he was arrested for allegedly stealing a COVID-19 test sample from a Davis hospital. He is facin ...

May 03, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Judge Won’t Lower Bail for Sick Inmate Who Talked about Poor Jail Conditions

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 01, 2020
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Judge Won’t Lower Bail for Sick Inmate Who Talked about Poor Jail Conditions

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento County Jail inmate who w ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento County Jail inmate who went public about 10 days ago in an exclusive jailhouse interview with THE VANGUARD about COVID- ...

May 01, 2020
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Two Zoom Court Hearings Leave Defendants Jailed – Both Have Medical Problems That Delayed Proceedings

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 01, 2020
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Two Zoom Court Hearings Leave Defendants Jailed – Both Have Medical Problems That Delayed Proceedings

SACRAMENTO - They say there are a million stories in the “Naked City.” Well, last Friday there were at le ...

SACRAMENTO - They say there are a million stories in the “Naked City.” Well, last Friday there were at least two stories in “Zoom Court” at Sacramento County Superior Court. STORY 1: By Alexandra Clin ...

May 01, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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A Narcotics Case Is Given $0 Bail

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 30, 2020
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A Narcotics Case Is Given $0 Bail

By Manuel Espinoza SACRAMENTO - On April 29, 2020, a burglary case and a narcotics case received $0 bail. ...

By Manuel Espinoza SACRAMENTO - On April 29, 2020, a burglary case and a narcotics case received $0 bail. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Judicial Council released Court Emergency ...

April 30, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Yolo County Superior Court Denies Bail/Early Release under New Emergency Rules

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 23, 2020
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Yolo County Superior Court Denies Bail/Early Release under New Emergency Rules

By Juan Garcia Urrutia WOODLAND, CA - On April 21, the Yolo County Superior Court denied bail/early relea ...

By Juan Garcia Urrutia WOODLAND, CA - On April 21, the Yolo County Superior Court denied bail/early release requests made under the new emergency rules to defendants the court found to be public safet ...

April 23, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Looting Charge in a Multiple-Charge Case Brings Bail to $10,000 from $0

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 23, 2020
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Looting Charge in a Multiple-Charge Case Brings Bail to $10,000 from $0

By Manuel Espinoza DAVIS - On April 22, 2020, an arraignment was held in Yolo County Superior Court in th ...

By Manuel Espinoza DAVIS - On April 22, 2020, an arraignment was held in Yolo County Superior Court in three cases, one involving a new complaint in the existing case and two pending violations of man ...

April 23, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Man Repeatedly Calls Complaining Witness’ Testimony ‘Lies!’ as He Is Charged with Battery of a Stranger

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 22, 2020
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Man Repeatedly Calls Complaining Witness’ Testimony ‘Lies!’ as He Is Charged with Battery of a Stranger

By Armando Alonzo SACRAMENTO – A man charged with a violation of a misdemeanor for battery and a misdemea ...

By Armando Alonzo SACRAMENTO – A man charged with a violation of a misdemeanor for battery and a misdemeanor for resisting arrest for allegedly sneaking up behind a woman and attacking her received $7 ...

April 22, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Two Men Denied $0 Bail Due to Protective Orders

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 21, 2020
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Two Men Denied $0 Bail Due to Protective Orders

By Lea Barrios SACRAMENTO- Two men did not receive $0 bail due to protective order violations, with one r ...

By Lea Barrios SACRAMENTO- Two men did not receive $0 bail due to protective order violations, with one receiving $20,000 bail for allegedly ignoring a domestic violence stay-away order and another be ...

April 21, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Sacramento Courtroom Sets Reduced Bails with One $0 Bail Case

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 21, 2020
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Sacramento Courtroom Sets Reduced Bails with One $0 Bail Case

By Julietta Bisharyan SACRAMENTO - In the Sacramento County Superior Court, defense attorneys argue for b ...

By Julietta Bisharyan SACRAMENTO - In the Sacramento County Superior Court, defense attorneys argue for bail reductions, citing the potential risk of spreading COVID-19 in prisons. Two weeks ago, the ...

April 21, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo Sheriff Opposes Zero Bail Order – Doesn’t Explain Why

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo Sheriff Opposes Zero Bail Order – Doesn’t Explain Why

I have been surprised for how long local Yolo County officials have stayed out of what has become a natio ...

I have been surprised for how long local Yolo County officials have stayed out of what has become a national discussion, practiced at each local level about criminal justice reform. We have still not ...

April 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Courage in the Time of COVID-19

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 18, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Courage in the Time of COVID-19

by Oscar Bobrow and Robin Lipetzky During these bewildering times, leaders at all levels are being asked ...

by Oscar Bobrow and Robin Lipetzky During these bewildering times, leaders at all levels are being asked to think in ways never imagined. Courage is a quality that does not always rise to the surface ...

April 18, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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