Looking Back: The Innocent Prisoner’s Dilemma
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
First Black Manhattan District Attorney Announces Plan to Reform Criminal Legal System Through transition Committee
By Helen Greenia MANHATTAN, NY – Manhattan District Attorney-elect Alvin Bragg said he plans to reform Manhattan’s…
ACLU, Lambda Legal File Lawsuit against Tennessee Law Excluding Trans Students from Participating in School Sports
By Neha Malhi KNOXVILLE, TN – Tennessee law that excludes transgender youth from participating in school sports…
Guest Commentary: Sick and Shrouded in Secrecy – Alabama’s Contract to Gas Humans to Death
By Stephen Cooper For $25,000, Alabama’s Attorney General Steve Marshall has contracted with Tennessee company “FDR Safety”…
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Adds Five New Convictions to Be Vacated after Corrupt Actions of Rogue Band of Crooked Cook County Cops
By Amy Fullerton CHICAGO, IL – After the misconduct committed by former Chicago Police Sergeant Ronald Watts…
Public Defender Service Makes Efforts Toward Ordering the Release of all Individuals Detained at D.C. Jail
By Clarissa Rios WASHINGTON DC – The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia has spent…
Police, Other Data Show There May Be More to Shopliftings, Walgreens’ Exodus in San Francisco
By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Civil rights attorney and executive director of Zealous, Scott Hechinger,…
Public Defender Warns ‘Fearmongering’ Journalism Threatens Progressive Criminal Justice Reform
By Angelina Sang NEW YORK CITY, NY – The New York Times and NPR recently released articles…
The Story of the Mule Creek Post
by David “Razor” Babb A prison newspaper is a tricky thing. There are so many variables and…
Commentary: In the Long View of Justice, Tuesday Was Not a Setback But Another Turn in the Track
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Is your cup half full or half empty this week? I…
Innocence Project and Conviction Integrity Unit Probe Leads to Reversing Wrongful Conviction After 17 Years
By Yasmin Homan & Michele Chadwick BALTIMORE, MD- David Morris’ murder conviction Wednesday was overturned by Baltimore…
North Philadelphia Meeting Calls for Safety in Schools and Beyond
By Lorelei Olivas PHILADELPHIA, PA – At a meeting at Mary McLeod Bethune School in North Philadelphia,…
Activists Warn of Deadly COVID Outbreak at Sacramento Jail; Accuse Officials of Covering Up the Outbreak
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Activists gathered in front of the county government…
Opening Statements in Rittenhouse Trial Paint Vastly Different Pictures of Defendant
By Ankita Joshi and Gina Kim KENOSHA, WI – The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse began Tuesday with…
Commentary: Will New SF City Attorney Drop Civil Injunction Against Tenderloin?
By Rory Fleming Émile Durkheim, the father of social stigma ology, was the first to explore stigma…
Judge Won’t Recommend Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grant Death-Row Inmate Rodney Reed Re-trial
By Catherine Hamilton and Natalia Ruvalcaba BASTROP COUNTY, TX —Judge J.D. Langley of the 21st Judicial District…
Ex-School Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Two Children In 2013
By Stacie Guevara …
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office Charges SF Police Officer Kenneth Cha with Homicide in Killing of Unarmed Black Man in 2017 – Only Second-Ever SFPD Officer Homicide Prosecution
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Police Department Officer Kenneth Cha was formerly…
Commentary: San Francisco Media Telling a One-Sided Story about DA Boudin
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was not just SF Columnist Heather…
Watch Vanguard Webinar: The Future of Criminal Justice Reform (Video)
Last week, the Vanguard hosted a discussion on the future of criminal justice reform. Panelists: Chesa Boudin…
