U.S. Assigns $2.9 Billion in Compensation to Exonerees – Number of Collective Years Served by Wrongfully Accused Reaches 25,000 Years.
By Sydney Kaplan and Koda Slingluff “Freedom” is a word that, for many, is closely tied with…
New Forensic Evidence, Suppressed Evidence Exonerates Chester Hollman – Wrongfully Convicted for 28 Years
(Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what will be regular reports on the…
Judge Questions How Mental Health Factored into Crime of Felon Getting Gun to Protect Kids
By Serene Chang, Tatiana Gasca, and Koda Slingluff WOODLAND, CA – Defendant Richard Alvarado Segura sat in…
Defendant Karate Chops McDonald’s Door, Breaks It; Judge Rules Rights Weren’t Violated
By Zoey Hou and Roselyn Poommai SACRAMENTO, CA – Defendant Oran Coleman is charged with felony charges…
Defense Attorneys in 2019 Double Homicide Argue Charges Don’t Fit Self-Defense Incident
By Michael Wheeler, Karisa Cortez, Neha Malhi SACRAMENTO—Nhia Xiang and Meng Lee are charged with multiple counts…
Judges Sets Trial after Petty Traffic Stop Leads to Serious Charges
By Anika Khubchandani and Ganga Nair SACRAMENTO, CA – Defendant Kevin Eugene Humphrey is facing a slew…
Immigration Status Reason Defendant Resentenced on New Charge for 2019 Home Depot Burglary
By Zoey Hou and Karisa Cortez SACRAMENTO, CA – A defendant here in Sacramento County Superior Court…
Carjacking Case, Gutting CA Mental Healthcare 50 Years Ago Angers Judge in Sentencing Man to Prison
By Alexa Kendell, Anna Zheng, and Koda Slingluff SACRAMENTO, CA – Judge Patrick Marlette here in Sacramento…
San Quentin’s Non-COVID-19 Emergency
By Kevin Sawyer Kevin D. Sawyer is the associate editor for San Quentin News and a member of…
Judge Limits Evidence from Prosecutor Witness Based on Junk Science
By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA – Work on forensic evidence that has emerged from wrongful conviction…
Leading Manhattan DA Candidate Has Repeatedly Paid Virtually No Federal Income Taxes
Tali Farhadian Weinstein, who donated $8 million to her own campaign, and her hedge fund manager husband…
Guest Commentary: Dan Carson’s Comments on the Housing Element Review
(Editor’s Note: The following are comments from Councilmember Dan Carson delivered on Tuesday during the discussion of…
Guest Commentary: The City of Davis Housing Element Update & Developer Web
What is fueling the push to radically rewrite Davis’s laws on development? by Colin Walsh “Pro-development activists…
Independent Team Formed by LA District Attorney Gascón to Re-Examine Fatal Use-of-Force Incidents
The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – An independent team will re-examine fatal use-of-force incidents by law…
CA Appeals Court Tells State Courts They Can’t Continue to ‘Warehouse’ Thousands of Disabled Defendants in Jails, ACLU Announces
The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The state of California cannot continue to “warehouse” thousands of…
Walter Ogrod, Death Row Inmate, Exonerated after 28 Years
By Peter Eibert and Ankita Joshi (Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what…
Not a Schoolyard Fight: Unclear Who Started Stabbing Brawl between Two Prison Inmates
By Savannah Dewberry, Karisa Cortez, and Annika Sial SACRAMENTO, CA – Confusion over who started a fight…
Joint Joyriding Preliminary Goes Forward against Defendant’s Wishes; Judge Reduces Charges on Alleged Mustang Heist
By Annika Sial and Alex Jimenez SACRAMENTO, CA – A Sacramento County Superior Court judge reduced felony…
Judge Unsympathetic to Mother of 8 Living in Hotels after House Burned Down; Cites Her Multiple DUI Charges
By Angie Madrid, Sophia Barberini and Joe Cormac SACRAMENTO, CA – When a defendant claimed dire circumstances…
Looking Back at CDCR’s COVID-19 Early Release Efforts– Was It Adequate?
By Yasmeen Khan This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners…
