Guest Commentary: CDCR Implements Mandatory Modification Program Statewide
By Christopher S Bryson On January 6, 2022, the CDCR announced measures to protect the health of…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
San Francisco DA Boudin Names Stanford Law School Lecturer Michael Romano to SF Ethics Commission
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Stanford Law School Lecturer Michael Romano was sworn into…
Orange County DA Challenger Points to Big Murder Increase Under Current Prosecutor
By Mathew Seibert & Helen Greenia ANAHEIM, CA – There has been a drastic increase in murders…
Judge in Rodney Reed Death Row Evidentiary Hearing Condemned by Innocence Project
By Amy Berberyan AUSTIN, TX – This past week, the Innocence Project released a statement condemning Judge…
CA Governor Reaffirms Plan to Move Condemned, Dismantling Nation’s Largest Death Row
By Stacie Guevara SACRAMENTO, CA – California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is planning to move all…
Looking Back: Forensic Fraud in Child Abuse Cases
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Guest Commentary: Making Space for Black History in the Classroom
By Anthony Crawford When I was a junior in high school, I was kicked out of class…
Bipartisan 30-3 Senate Vote Just Made Wrongful Convictions Emerging from Defective Expert Witness Testimony Unlawful
By Brinda Kalita and Mansour Taleb-Ahmed SACRAMENTO, CA – Legislation authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco),…
SF District Attorney Office Will Allow Its Workers to Take College Language Classes during Work Hours to Help Communicate with Public
By Jaanvi Kaur and Veronica Miller SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced…
DA’s Office and Public Defender in San Francisco Push Back at Loss of Police Oversight
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Responding to the announcement of Police Chief…
Pamela Price’s DA Campaign Receives Pivotal Endorsement from Real Justice PAC
Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – Pamela Price is locked in a tight battle to see…
Responding to Allegations, Chief Pulls Out of MOU with SF DA’s Office, Spiers’ Attorney Levels Charges Back at Police for Withholding Evidence Themselves
Curtis Briggs Noted Police Were So Out of Control the Night of the Beating, the Hospital Had…
Commentary: Prosecutor Kym Worthy is the Queen of Spin
By Rory Fleming As a half-abandoned city wrecked by deindustrialization and deprivation, modern Detroit has never been…
ACLU Files Lawsuit in Response to ICE Denying COVID-19 Boosters to Detainees
By Catherine Potente and Veronica Miller WASHINGTON, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU…
Guest Commentary: Tough-on-Crime Laws and Mass Incarceration Waste Tax Dollars and Don’t Make Us Any Safer
By Miriam Aroni Krinsky Churning people through jail and prison often leads to more crime You wouldn’t…
CA District Attorneys Boudin (SF), Gascón (LA) and Becton (CC) Encourage Federal Court to Accept Mexico Lawsuit Against U.S. Gun Makers
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – More than 25 district attorneys from throughout the U.S….
Judge: ‘I Haven’t Heard of Any Exculpatory Information That’s Been Excluded’
Commentary: Another Sensational Claim Doesn’t Hold Up Under Scrutiny By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco,…
Commentary: What’s Motivating the DA Charging a Minor With Drug-Induced Homicide?
By Rory Fleming After taking office in 2011, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen helped lead…
Tennessee Court Clears Way for Parole of Long-Incarcerated Pervis Payne as Early as 2027
The Vanguard Staff MEMPHIS, Tenn. — While the Shelby County District Attorney vowed to appeal, former death…
Monday Morning Thoughts: DA Spitzer, Heal Thyself
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – It is difficult to remember now but…
