OK Attorney General Permits Independent Counsel to Review Glossip Death Row Case
By Leslie Acevedo and Maria Pia Matos OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Defense Attorney Don Knight released a…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
Asian-Americans in Sacramento Hold Community Event for Monterey Park Shooting Victims
By Shuxuan Zhong On January 22, around Lunar New Year, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran entered a…
No Evidence Zero Bail Contributed to More Crime or Lowered Unsentenced Jail Population, Report Finds
By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA – Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, along with most California…
REPORT: Analyzing the ‘Over-Incarceration of Native Americans’
By Audrey Sawyer, Belen Avelar and Vaiva Utaraite PHILADELPHIA, PA – In the U.S., Native Americans are—according…
Report Details Geographical Inner Workings of Mass Incarceration Rates
By Emily Saroyan and Ramneet Singh NORTHAMPTON, MA – In a recent report, Emily Widra of the…
Judge Listens, but Still Sets $50,000 Bail for Woman Living in Car and Pleading to Find Her Lost Dog
By Sunny Zhou WOODLAND, CA – Yolo County Superior Court Judge Daniel M. Wolk last week set…
Sunday Commentary: Does Nichols Really Represent a Step Forward in Accountability?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The New York Times calls it a “shift in handling police…
Tyre Nichols’ Family Press Conference Notes Swift Probe/Charging of Police Precedent, Need for ‘Tyre Law’
By Amy Berberyan MEMPHIS, TN – The Tyre Nichols family and attorneys held a press conference Friday…
Looking Back: Supreme Court Whittles Down Right against Self-Incrimination
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Civil Rights Group Wants ‘Transparent, Independent’ Tracy Cop Shooting Probe
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – A Sacramento-based civil rights group late Friday called for a…
Progressive Philly DA Krasner Praises Investigation of Memphis Police in Beating Death of Tyre Nichols
By Kimberly Torres PHILADELPHIA, PA – Progressive Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner Friday weighed in on the…
My View: How Long Must We Sing This Song?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor “I Can’t believe the news today… I can’t close my eyes…
ACLU Decries Police Killing of Tyre Nichols, ‘Trauma’ that ‘Falls Disproportionately and Repeatedly on Communities of Color’
By Rena Abdusalam MEMPHIS, TN – Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with second degree…
White Supremacy ‘System’ Rooted in Killing of Former Sacramentan Tyre Nichols, Charges Sacramento NAACP
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – “A system rooted in white supremacy”—according to the Greater Sacramento…
State Bar of California Charging Trump Supporter and Attorney John Eastman on Multiple Disciplinary Counts
By Daphne Ho SAN FRANCISCO, CA – John Charles Eastman, a California attorney, is facing 11 disciplinary…
Family of Man Killed in Oakland PD ‘Ghost Pursuit’ Files Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a tragic accident that didn’t…
Commentary: Firsthand Depiction of Mental Health Treatment within Virginia D.O.C.
By Darren Bondhill My name is Darren Bondhill and I’m currently serving a 72-year 6-month sentence for…
VP Harris, Baltimore NAACP Discuss Economy, Discrimination against Blacks, Especially Black Men
By Kimberly Torres BALTIMORE, MD – With Black History month coming up, the NAACP this week met…
Community Coalition Announces Support for California Mandela Act that Limits CA Solitary Confinement
By Michael Apfel and Belen Avelar SACRAMENTO, CA – Like-minded advocacy and nonprofit organizations have joined together…
West Sacramento Man to Be Charged with Murder for Fentanyl Overdose Death
By Robert J Hansen El Dorado, CA – A West Sacramento man was arrested at his parent’s…
