Photo of the Spring 2019 Vanguard Court Watch Interns
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 series of evidentiary hearing perhaps as soon as this summer.
Vanguard Court Watch Interns discuss the case of Ajay Dev, convicted of rape in 2009 and sentenced to 378 years in prison. The Vanguard Court Watch Interns have been reviewing his trial transcripts and discuss whether they believe him to be wrongly convicted. The is the second of three parts.
Greenwald is the founder, editor, and executive director of the Davis Vanguard. He founded the Vanguard in 2006. David Greenwald moved to Davis in 1996 to attend Graduate School at UC Davis in Political Science. He lives in South Davis with his wife Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald and three children.
The State of California has escalated its enforcement of housing statutes, filing lawsuits against five cities—Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest, and Turlock—for non-compliance with Housing Element mandates. This enforcement, alongside local planning adjustments such as Dixon's environmental review for over 7,100 housing units, indicates a fundamental transformation in the state's approach to its housing deficit.
Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court's Gregg v. Georgia decision reinstated capital punishment, historical analysis indicates that the procedural safeguards intended to guide sentencing have not eliminated systemic disparities. Data reveals persistent inequities in capital sentencing outcomes, influenced by factors such as race, geographic location, and prosecutorial discretion.
Legal challenges concerning the City of San Jose's property seizure protocols and the City of Gilroy's destruction of police body camera footage have revealed systemic governmental accountability deficits and exposed limitations within California's public records statutes.
Journalist Martin LeFevre documented the environmental degradation of a local ecosystem, observing the decline of a sycamore tree and the proliferation of refuse from homeless encampments along an adjacent creek, while also articulating philosophical insights on the role of meditative stillness in confronting environmental and societal challenges.
Destination Freedom Media Group has called for an independent investigation into Alice Griffith Apartments, a federally subsidized housing community in San Francisco, following reports of significant habitability failures, a reported cluster of approximately ten deaths since January 2026, and a coordinated rent collection campaign initiated on July 14, 2026, through publicly posted 'Balance Due' notices.
