VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Formerly Incarcerated and Left on My Own
By Robert Arras My name is Robert Arras and I read your article about former prisoners left…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
Los Angeles Welcomes Collective, Greets Another Bus from Texas – This Bus Loaded with 36 Asylum Seekers, Including 13 Children
By The Vanguard LOS ANGELES, CA – Another bus – the sixth from Texas – carrying approximately…
California’s Racial Equity Commission Appointed by Governor to Respond to ‘National Reckoning on Racial Justice’
By The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – California’s first Racial Equity Commission, established by executive order by the…
Expert Witness Diagnoses Alleged Davis Stabbing Suspect with Schizophrenia
WOODLAND, CA — “Mr. Dominguez is a textbook example of schizophrenia,” concluded a psychologist at Thursday’s competency…
Guest Commentary: When Will Biden Stop Giving Immigration Powers to Racist, Corrupt Sheriffs?
By Naureen Shah Earlier this month, a federal grand jury indicted Culpeper County, Virginia, Sheriff Scott Jenkins…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Ill & Elderly Individuals
By Keone Wallace The vast majority of people who die in prison die from illness and old…
‘Wrongfully Incarcerated’ Death Row Prisoner Urges California Governor to Abolish Death Penalty
By Cheyenne Galloway SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Timothy James Young writes he is “a wrongly convicted prisoner”…
California Appeals Court Reverses Conviction of San Joaquin County Man, Rules Police Didn’t Have Right to Search Vehicle Trunk
By The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – The California 3rd District Court of Appeal has on July 25…
Dirty Philly Cop’s Actions Lead to Court Agreeing to Free Man Convicted of Murder in 2016
By The Vanguard PHILADELPHIA, PA – A man convicted of homicide in 2016 was released from custody…
Friends, Mental Health Clinicians Testify to ‘Bizarre’ Behavior of Alleged Davis Serial Stabber in Competency Trial
WOODLAND, CA – The trial for determining the mental competency of Carlos Dominguez—allegedly responsible for the stabbing…
Guest Commentary: How Eviction Brands Renters with a Scarlet Letter
The enforcement of discriminatory policies is denying housing to Black women in Oak Park, Illinois. By…
LA Times Story Divulges Names of LAPD Cops Who Blew Up Neighborhood in Fireworks Detonation
By The Vanguard LOS ANGELES, CA – About two years ago, a blast in South Los Angeles—a…
Opinion: Liberals As Wrong As Segregationists, Arguing President Can Defy SCOTUS
By The Vanguard WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a recent open letter, The Hill reports Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The People in Blue and the California Model
By Joan Parkin The success of Governor Newsom’s plans to reform San Quentin into the California Model…
Guest Commentary: Challenging Police Brutality in Louisiana
By Johanna Silver Police violence is a pervasive issue across the country that has led to harassment,…
California Senate OKs Constitutional Amendment to Officially Repeal Defunct 2008 Measure Banning Same-Sex Marriages
By The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – A proposed constitutional amendment to repeal a 2008 measure approved by…
Federal Judge Blocks Biden (Trump) Asylum Ban – for Now
By The Vanguard SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A host of pro-migrant groups, including the ACLU, hailed as…
DA Investigator Attempts to Discredit Key Evidence in Dev Case; Cross, However, Demonstrates Limited Investigation
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Prosecutors on Monday attempted to attack key evidence…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: My Prison Experience
by Fausto Minor Sent to prison at the youthful age of 17, I came with a belief…
Mississippi AG Challenges Progressive DA Who Prosecuted Cop
By The Vanguard Staff JACKSON, MI – Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch asked a judge last week…