‘But I Don’t Want to Be Guilty’ – Pregnant Defendant Coaxed to Take Plea to Be Released from Custody
By Dorrin Akbari SACRAMENTO, CA – Defendant Mya Montgomery struggled to understand the terms and implication of…
Slow Court Day Turns into Bad Court Day for Man Charged with Firing Gun Near Father, Daughter
By Samara Yarnes and Ankita Joshi SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County Superior Court Dept. 60 was very…
Domestic Violence Victim Claims to Reconcile, but Judge Still Issues Protective Order on Defendant
By Avalon Amaral MARTINEZ, CA – Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Brown here was delicate…
SF District Attorney Boudin Supports Chan and Unhoused SF Reforms
By Lovepreet Dhinsa SAN FRANCISCO – Progressive San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said he supports Supervisor…
Vaccination Plans for Los Angeles’s Skid Row Community
By Rachel Kim LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Country struggles to distribute the vaccine to the homeless…
Incarcerated Artist, Orlando Smith, Illustrates Life at San Quentin During Pandemic
By Julietta Bisharyan Orlando Smith is a talented illustrated journalist, graphic artist and comic book creator. He…
CDCR Staff Fail to Comply With Mandatory Testing; Intake From County Jails Resumes
Davis Vanguard’s weekly highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 crisis CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of…
Poetry Reading and Open Mic Presented by Open Ceilings Magazine
By Nora Lelivelt DAVIS – Open Ceilings’ first virtual open mic and poetry night was full of…
Faced With Scarcity, California’s Essential Workers Fall Through the Cracks in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
By Dorrin Akbari LOS ANGELES — Millions of workers in frontline industries are being left behind as…
“Putting People in Cages Isn’t Going to Make Us Safer” Vanguard talks to Yolo County Deputy Public Defenders
By Jordan Varney DAVIS — On Feb. 22, the Vanguard hosted a webinar with two Yolo County…
Student Opinion: LAPD’s Offensive George Floyd “Valentine’s” Card Is Not Out of Character
By Ivana Ramirez LOS ANGELES — Militaristic. Racist. Cruel. These are just a few of the words…
Student Opinion: Examining Racial Disparities in Vaccine Distribution
By Liam Benedict At this point, there is perhaps no desire more commonly shared among the American…
Commentary: Why Does the AG Continue to Defend Bad Conduct by Prosecutors?
By David M. Greenwald Last week when I interviewed Contra Costa DA Diana Becton, one of the…
Vanguard Webinar: Yolo County Public Defenders Office – Reshaping Criminal Justice System Narrative (Video)
Deputy Public Defenders Martha Sequeira and Emily Fisher talk about the challenges of representing their clients and…
California Correctional Crisis: Mass Incarceration, Healthcare, and the COVID-19 Outbreak
By Alex Morgan and Mianna Muscat SAN FRANCISCO— UC Hastings College of the Law held its third…
SF District Attorney Monitoring SFPD Arrest of Attempted Market Street Robbery Suspect
By Juliet Bost SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Police announced the arrest of 26-year-old Necho Goins on…
La práctica ‘ilegal’ de ICE de utilizar cazarrecompensas, de facto, para cazar inmigrantes es el foco de la demanda presentada el 22 de febrero de 2021 por el Comité Asiático Americano de Leyes y la Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles .
Traducción: Juan E. Miranda. LOS ÁNGELES – Los contratistas privados, que actúan como cazarrecompensas de facto para…
Judge Finds Defendant ‘Barely Guilty’ in Prelim Hearing, Doubts Probable Cause – Still Sets Trial
By Lovepreet Dhinsa SACRAMENTO – Judge Steven Acquisto had his doubts after a preliminary hearing last Thursday…
With History of Failures to Appear, Defendant Asks Judge to Release Her to Attend Funeral – Judge Sets Bail Instead
By Koda Slingluff SACRAMENTO – Sacramento County Judge Ernest Sawtelle no doubt subscribes to the old adage,…
Mega ‘345 Doses’ of Meth Leaves Judge Convinced of Defendant’s Intent to Sell
By Sophia Barberini SACRAMENTO – Judge Kara K. Ueda of Sacramento County Superior Court denied Assistant Public…
