Legislation to Open Cops’ Records and Punish Agencies Who Don’t Comply with Public Requests to be Reintroduced at Capitol
STATE CAPITOL – Legislation that would greatly expand public access to peace officer records and penalize jurisdictions…
CDCR sends people on goose chase for release dates, credits and early release eligibility
By Özge Terzioğlu This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA’s Plan to Combat Homelessness Remains Limited to Softer Criminal-Based Approaches
By David M. Greenwald Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig last week put forward a five-point plan to…
Guest Commentary: Thinking Outside the Box on Public Safety
by Matt Williams On Tuesday the Davis City Council will receive the “Reimagining Public Safety” public health…
Guest Commentary: 2020 Vote Saw Pro-Reform Prosecutors Win – They Need to Fix Mistakes by their Predecessors
By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Barry Scheck Prosecutorial misconduct played a role in 30 percent of cases…
The Vanguard Week In Review: Court Watch (Nov. 23 to Nov. 25, 2020)
Compiled by Özge Terzioğlu The Davis Vanguard is an online news forum that provides coverage of criminal…
Looking Back: Restoring Quality Education to Prisoners Makes Sense
“Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester…
Sentencing Project Research Study Reveals Modern Female Incarceration Population Is Seven Times Higher Than 1980
By Macy Lu and Cailin Garcia WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sentencing Project released a new report titled…
Judge, for Now, Won’t Release Defendant with Serious Cancer on No Bail
By Jose Medina and Cailin Garcia WOODLAND – It was a tough call on the day before…
Smoking Pipe Found in Man’s Rectum After Allegedly Assaulting Girlfriend
By Alana Bleimann SACRAMENTO – Maybe it seemed like a good idea at the time, but a…
Man Expects a ‘Tinder’ Date; Gets Robbed Instead
By Eric J. Trochez SACRAMENTO – When a man drove to a local park in the middle…
Defendant Pleads to 13+ Criminal Counts in a Year – Gets Accepted to Drug Rehab
By Julian Navarro SACRAMENTO – Chang D. Vang had a long list of charges he was facing…
UC Davis Alumni and Marvel Screenwriters Chris Markus and Steve McFeely Speak at Chancellor’s Colloquium
By Jess Taylor DAVIS – Last Friday night, the Chancellor’s Colloquium introduced two of the most prominent screenwriters…
Happy Thanksgiving – Vanguard will Return on November 30
Dear readers – it’s been one weird and unprecedented year. We are taking our annual break and…
Davis Mayor Gloria Partida Sits Down For Candid Discussion With The Davis Vanguard
By Madison Forwood DAVIS — On Friday Nov. 20, Mayor Gloria Partida had a public discussion with…
Longtime Mayor of West Sacramento Defeated by Martha Guerrero
By David M. Greenwald Christopher Cabaldon has been Mayor of West Sacramento for the better part of…
Guest Commentary: Kyle Rittenhouse Bought His Freedom. Kalief Browder Could Not
The Rittenhouse case raises particularly pointed questions about what we are really talking about when we talk…
San Francisco DA, Fair and Just Prosecution Founder in Webinar on Racial Injustice and Mass Incarceration
By Evie Sun and Cailin Garcia MANHATTAN, NY — Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) hosted a webinar…
DA Objects, Judge Unsure but Defense Counsel Proves COVID-19 Special Orders Rule
By Tanya Decendario WOODLAND – COVID-19 raised its ugly head again, this time in the form of…
Judge Shuns Probation, Sends Defendant to Prison for ‘Picking’ on ‘Vulnerable Victims’
By Ramneet Singh and Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette called out…
