Deep Dive into Louisiana’s Death Row Statistics and Examination of Five Clemency Petitions Scheduled for Review in October
By Yenah Lee NEW ORLEANS, LA – Fifty-six people on Louisiana’s death row have filed clemency petitions…
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Man Dies in Hail of Sacramento Police Bullets – NAACP Branch Demands Independent Investigation, Calls Shooting Death ‘Not an Accident’
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento branch of the National…
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear First Amendment Challenge to Criminal Defamation Law
The ACLU calls on state legislators to repeal antiquated, unconstitutional criminal libel laws. Special to the Vanguard…
New National Study Exposes Los Angeles’ Stressed Public Defender System
By Sofia Hosseinzadeh LOS ANGELES, CA – About 80 percent of individuals accused of crimes cannot hire…
Parents Stripped of Custody by California Family Courts File Federal Lawsuit
By Susan Bassi and Fred Johnson Attorney Matthew Phillips has initiated a federal lawsuit on behalf of…
Looking Back: President Obama and Wrongful Convictions
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Fear in Prison
By Deaira Pitts I’ve been incarcerated for about six years, doing time in a Texas prison. I’ve…
Kansas Police Chief Suspended after Raid on Newspaper Investigating ‘Circumstances’ of Chief’s Former Employment
By The Vanguard Staff MARION, KS – Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody was reportedly suspended Thursday, reported…
Report about Racialized Legacy of Misdemeanors Reveals ‘Overwhelming Numbers of Black and Brown People in Modern-Day Shackles’
By Rena Abdusalam BALTIMORE, MD – Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI), an organization that mobilizes and informs local…
Guest Commentary: As a New Term Begins, Where Does the Supreme Court Stand on Criminal Justice?
Here’s what past criminal law rulings tell us about how the justices may interpret the law moving…
Civil Rights Orgs Ask Louisiana Governor, Pardon Board to Reduce Death Sentences, End ‘Systemic Racism’ in State’s Use of Death Penalty
By Kristin Trent BATON ROUGE, LA – The ACLU has authored a letter signed by 10 civil…
LA TIMES: Los Angeles Police Chief Moore, Other Bail Reform Critics Wrong – Bail Should Not Be Form of Punishment.
By Kapish Kalita LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore testified in a lawsuit…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: In the Dark
by Holly Davidson When the power went off here at Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) on Saturday,…
Federal Court Stops Execution of Man Suffering ‘Pervasive, Severe Form of Schizophrenia’
By The Vanguard Staff AUSTIN, TX – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas…
Unarmed Man Wins $400,000 Settlement after Sacramento Police Shoot at Him 20 Times in 2021
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Although it took the city of Sacramento more than six…
Man Wrongfully Convicted of Robbery, Kidnapping, Sexual Assault Exonerated by Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascón
By Yenah Lee LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced this week…
Report: Racial Gap Persists in Milwaukee Police Use of Stop & Frisk Practices
By Audrey Sawyer and Frances Eusebio MILWAUKEE, WI – The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) was cited this…
ACLU of Alabama’s Parole Watch Report Investigates Alabama’s Historic Low Parole Grant Rate
By Yenah Lee MONTGOMERY, AL – The ACLU of Alabama’s Parole Watch Report detailed a recent account…
Gov’t Accounting Office Makes Recommendations for Change in Pretrial Release Location Monitoring
By Annie Rudolph and Kaveh Nasseri WASHINGTON, DC – In a new report, the U.S. Government Accountability…
Heiress of California Capitol Building Furniture Maker Loses Fortune to Orange County Attorney Kenneth Catanzarite – State Bar Does Nothing
By Robert J. Hansen SACRAMENTO, CA – The heiress of furniture maker John Breuner, who made all…