Commentary: Rape Kit DNA Testing Raises Serious Ethical and Practical Issues in SF, but Two Reporters More Interested in Recall Politics
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The revelations that the police are using…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
If the Kids Had Been White, Would Any of This Have Happened?
by Karim Doumar, ProPublica In October 2021, ProPublica published a gutting and outrageous narrative of a juvenile…
Public Defender Applauds Jury for Acquitting Community Activist of DUI
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender announced Tuesday that a…
Two Dallas Police Officers Criminally Charged after George Floyd Protest Injuries
By Isabel Garbarino DALLAS, TX – The George Floyd Protests that occurred in May of 2022 resulted…
Boudin Alleges SF Police Are Improperly Using DNA from Rape Kits to Match to Crimes
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Monday…
Open Letter to DA Lisa Smittcamp – Free Douglas Stankewitz
Dear District Attorney Smittcamp: We ask for your intervention in the matter of Douglas Stankewitz. Even though…
Federal Appeals Court Rules Illegal Immigration Statute Unconstitutional
By Jake Romero NEW YORK, NY — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that…
CA Opponents of Death Penalty Look to Alternatives, from Abolition to Reducing Size of Death Row – New Laws to Ban Executions Introduced
By Luke Kyaw and Mathew Seibert SACRAMENTO, CA – The Golden State has had a long, conflicted…
Pleasanton City Councilmember Julie Testa Endorses Pamela Price for Alameda County District Attorney
Special to the Vanguard Pleasanton, CA – Pleasanton City Councilmember Julie Testa announced on February 14th her…
Silicon Valley De-Bug Co-Founder Raj Jayadev Endorses Sajid Khan for Santa Clara District Attorney
Special to the Vanguard SAN JOSE, CA — Raj Jayadev, the co-founder and coordinator of Silicon Valley…
AG and Others Push for Renegotiated MOU Between SF DA and Police
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In San Francisco, two weeks ago, San Francisco Police Chief Scott…
Monday Morning Thoughts – Delivering Packages While Black
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It is an incident eerily similar to that of Ahmaud Arbery,…
Commentary: Why Do Law-And-Order Conservatives Throw Stones from Glass Houses?
By Rory Fleming Seth Barron is so “in” with sketchy far-right interests it hurts. As recently as…
California Civil Rights Regulator Sues Tesla for Discrimination against Factory Employees
By Neha Malhi and Sahaily Zazueta ALAMEDA, CA – California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing has…
Washington Post Investigation Finds Police Fatal Shootings at All Time High Since 2015
By Ankita Joshi and Helen Greenia WASHINGTON, DC – In 2021, on-duty police officers shot and killed…
Purdue Student Govt Condemns Campus Police Brutality after Excessive Force Attack on Student
By Amy Berberyan and Keana Fortier-Sauray WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – After the release of video showing Purdue…
Formerly Incarcerated: Lockdowns Not Most Productive Way to Contend with Unrest in Federal Prisons
By Matthew Torres and Alexander Ramirez WASHINGTON DC – In the midst of a recent nationwide lockdown…
Looking Back: The Foul Politics of Prosecution
After Sixteen Years, Jabbar Collins Was Finally Freed By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of…
Black Lives Matter Founder Sentenced to Six Years for Voting Error after State Mistakes – White Voter Crimes Result in No or Minimal Punishment
By Emma Kantor & Sofia Leguria MEMPHIS, TN – In early February of this year, Pamela Moses,…
Guest Commentary: The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Why does the Biden administration’s Department of Justice continue to rely on cases that presume people in…
