Sunday Commentary: No, San Francisco Can’t Shut Down Open-Air Drug Markets in 90 Days or Even a Year
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Those who do not learn from history…
Marin Grand Jury Slams Marin County District Attorney’s Office for ‘Unreasonable’ Case Backlog, Recommends Staff Increases, Treating Incarcerated Awaiting Only Trial (Majority) Better
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SAN RAFAEL, CA – The Marin County Civil Grand Jury…
Looking Back: The Multi-Faceted Human Costs of Wrongful Conviction
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: What’s Fair Is Fair
By Ronnie Shelton The world we wander upon, This planet of varied inequalities. Always rearing its ugly…
Innocence Project: After 33 Years of Being in Prison after Wrongful Conviction, Tyrone Day Exonerated
By Brinda Kalita and Leslie Garcia DALLAS, TX – One of the Innocence Project’s longest clients, Tyrone…
San Francisco District Attorney Allows Further Delays in Case against Sean Moore’s Killer, SFPD Officer Kenneth Cha
By Sunny Zhou SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Rising reported this past week the office of…
My View: City Could Run Revenue Measures Simultaneous to Measure J Vote
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I don’t know where the notion came from…
Justice Reform Groups Praise California Lawmakers for Rejecting Governor’s $360.6 Million Plan to Expand/Reorganize San Quentin State Prison
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate and Assembly Thursday—in what criminal justice…
Alameda DA Public Accountability Unit Levels Criminal Charges at Three Law Enforcement Officers
They Are Among the First Employees Charged by the New Alameda County Unit Special to the Vanguard Oakland…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Forever Prisoners
by Fred Munch The superior courts in California hand out life sentences like candy at Halloween. In…
Record $19 Million Settlement for Police Killing in Colorado Leads to Training Changes for Local and State Officers
By The Vanguard Staff CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, CO – A family here in Colorado announced a $19…
San Francisco County Jail First in Nation to Provide Totally Free Access to Content-Rich Tablet Computers for Incarcerated Population
By Audrey Sawyer SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A San Francisco Sheriff’s Office program that provides incarcerated individuals…
Post-Arrest Reflections from a Wrongly Incarcerated Individual — Some Mother’s Darling
By Benjamin Frandsen IRREVOCABLE WYOMING — The silent screaming of a soul as it’s ripped from the…
Commentary: November 2024 or Bust?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In April, the council decided they were going…
Man Exonerated After 33 Years in Prison for Wrongful Attempted Murder Conviction
By Sophia Barberini LOS ANGELES, CA – Daniel Saldaña’s exoneration was announced during a press conference Thursday…
ASUCD Passes Resolution Opposing Pepsi Pouring Rights Contract
Authored by: FIELD Co-authored by: Abey, Alliende, Bedogne, Crother, Gebre, Hecht, Hodgson, Kanjamala, Pando, Penny, Rice, Schlosser,…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Pathology of the SHU
by Ifoma Modibo Kambon (Daryel Burnett) Prison mirrors society, surrounded by a landscape of electrified barb wire…
Winners Announced for the 2023 Yolo County Vegan Chef Challenge
Special to the Vanguard May 25th, 2023 – The month-long Yolo County Vegan Chef Challenge has wrapped…
Student Opinion: AI Can Be Educational
by Cynthia Tran LOS ANGELES — Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been gradually integrating into our daily…
California State Senate Approves Legislation to Allow Review of Older LWOP Cases to Consider Parole for ‘Elder’ Incarcerated
By Cheyenne Galloway SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate passed SB 94 Wednesday here at the…
