California Legislature OKs Bill to Increase Transparency of In-Custody Jail Deaths – Heads to Governor
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – California legislation to “increase transparency and accountability for local detention…
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By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – California legislation to “increase transparency and accountability for local detention…
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – California state lawmakers from Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay…
Lawsuit Filed on Eve of California Assembly’s Vote to Ban Pretext Stops Special to the Vanguard Beverly…
By The Vanguard Staff MEMPHIS, TN – Five former Memphis Police detectives were indicted Tuesday by a…
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office Tuesday charged SF…
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – When a federal judge ruled Wednesday…
By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC – The Prison Policy Initiative examined over 50 studies and reports that…
By The Vanguard Staff BATON ROUGE, LA – Lawyers for 56 death row prisoners in Louisiana Tuesday…
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho—already…
By Mark Dempsey Locally, and throughout California, there’s an awful lot of hand-wringing about the (growing) homeless…
by Rodney Wrice In the heart of San Francisco’s Tenderloin Neighborhood, a place often associated with challenges…
by John Quiñones, Jr. The only difference between a dream and a nightmare is fear. When my…
By Yenah Lee BERKELEY, CA – The Prosecutors Alliance of California (PAC), in collaboration with University of…
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief AUBURN, CA – A federal judge late this past…
By Cindy Chen ORLANDO, FL – A state attorney in Florida is challenging her suspension by Republican…
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Youth at the Kings County Juvenile Center are frequently shackled,…
By Rena Abdusalam TOPEKA, KS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas is urging a federal…
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
by Al Rice In 2014, I was lucky to be one of 30 chosen to participate in…
By The Vanguard Staff RICHMOND, VA – A Black and Latino Army lieutenant pepper-sprayed during a traffic…