COVID-19 Era Incarcerations Fall: Will it Last?
By Katherine Coviello WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. is the world leader in incarceration with just under…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
Report: Thousands of Incarcerated People in California Are Serving Excessively Long Sentences and Could Be Safely Released
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – A report released this month found that, despite…
Current and Former Prosecutors File Amicus in Support of DA Gascón’s Reform
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – District Attorney George Gascón was elected to…
LAPD Cop Who Criticized District Attorney and Governor Has Past Called into Question On Twitter
By Julian Verdon LOS ANGELES, CA – The People’s City Council of Los Angeles, a social justice…
Guest Commentary: The State of Petty Theft
By Rory Fleming When Nikole Hannah-Jones of “1619 Project” fame saw the recent Associated Press story about…
Letter from Prison, from Ajay Dev
by Ajay Dev I received a letter from someone I never met. She learned about me through…
Federal Bill Would Reform U.S. Clemency System, Address Mass Incarceration Crisis
By Carson Eschen WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Cori Bush (MO-01) and Hakeem Jeffries…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The System in the US Really Doesn’t Work
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editors I have heard over the years the assertion that while acknowledging…
Guest Commentary: The Problem with Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Trying to Find Purpose and Hope When Life Feels Meaningless By Tariq Maqbool Today, as I returned…
ACLU Charges Denver Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Upholding Warrantless Surveillance of Legal, Permanent Resident
By Casey Rawlings DENVER, CO – Jamshid Muhtorov had his email searched without warrant by the US…
Rachel Rollins Confirmed as Next U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, First Black Woman to Fill Role
By Katherine Coviello and Alexander Ramirez BOSTON, MASS – Rachael Rollins was confirmed by the Senate last…
Sunday Commentary: It Is Easy to Attack Bail Reform, but Long Term Pretrial Custody Leads to More Recidivism
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the people arrested for retail theft in San Francisco…
Looking Back: Barry Gibbs Gets $11.8 Million for Nineteen Years of Wrongful Imprisonment
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
San Francisco’s Public Defender’s Office Charges Criminal Case Backlog Is a ‘Humanitarian Crisis’
By Darling Gonzalez SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In a hearing last Thursday, the recent backlog of criminal…
Scott Peterson Resentenced from Death to Life in Prison Without Parole for Murder of Pregnant Wife, Unborn Son – Possibility of New Trial
By Amy Berberyan SAN MATEO, CA – This last week in San Mateo County Superior Court, Scott…
Biden Re-Instates Trump Administration Migrant Protocol Protections Program
By Ankita Joshi WASHINGTON D.C. – President Biden has announced that the Trump Era Migrant Protocol Protections…
My View: Yolo DA Calls for Stopping the ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’ – or Does He?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – The Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, long an…
Guest Commentary: The Joy of Public Defense
By Stephen Cooper Editor’s Note: This week Stanford Law Professor Michele Dauber criticized public defenders who filed…
SF District Attorney Boudin Announces 2nd Homicide Trial Guilty Verdict of Week
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A jury returned a guilty verdict of second-degree murder…
NAACP Op-Ed Denounces Bills that Oppose Teaching Critical Race Theory, Advocates for Teaching about ‘Black People During Slavery’ from Black Perspective
By Gabriel Eskandari BALTIMORE, MD – The NAACP denounced anti-Critical Race Theory bills in an Op-Ed published…
