Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 121: Be the Jury – Pilot Would Pay Jurors $100 a Day to Serve
One of the biggest problems in the criminal legal system is that the notion of being tried…
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform
Guest Commentary: All Lives Can’t Matter Until Black Lives Matter
by Tiffany Foster Some people say all lives matter and they do. But All Lives Matter erases…
Sunday Commentary: Excited Delirium, That’s Some BS
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Antioch, CA – When I spoke on Friday afternoon with longtime…
Looking Back: Two Unusual Wrongful Conviction Twists
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Chesa Boudin Argues He Wants to Keep SF Safe, Files Lawsuit against Multiple Ghost Gun Makers
By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA – District Attorney Chesa Boudin has brought a lawsuit against multiple…
Two Former Torrance Police Officers Allegedly Involved in Spraying Swastika Sign
By Neha Malhi TORRANCE, CA – Two former Torrance police officers were charged this week with vandalizing…
Excited Delirium? Attorneys Incredulous at Inquest Findings of Debunked Cause of Death in Antioch Case
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Antioch, CA – It may have been a scene reminiscent of…
Intern Reflections on Court Watch for The Vanguard
By Natalia Claburn Despite a slow Wednesday shift this week, the case I wrote about Thursday…
When All Hell Broke Loose: The Year of Coronavirus at San Quentin
By Kevin D. Sawyer Prisoners inside San Quentin Prison who survived the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 weren’t…
Missouri Governor’s Pardons Don’t Include Lamar Johnson – For Now, Johnson Remains in Prison for Crime He Did Not Commit
By Casey Rawlings and Elizabeth Garabedian ST. LOUIS, MO – Missouri governor Mike Parson has now announced…
Guest Commentary: Stories of Abuses in Prisons
By Cameron Washington The stories of incarcerated individuals make it clear that jails and prisons are incapable…
NCAPA, Stop AAPI Hate, 21 Other AAPI Organizations Ask President Biden to Increase His Effort to Protect AAPI Communities
By Joseph Shepard WASHINGTON DC – The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, Stop AAPI Hate,…
Woman Files Suit After Alleging Solano Deputies Knocked Her Unconscious and Brutalized Her During a Traffic Stop
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Attorneys for Nakia Porter filed suit in Federal…
Embattled Santa Clara Sheriff Taking Big Hits Over Jail Treatment – Mayor Asks Sheriff to Resign
By Vanguard Staff SAN JOSE, CA – Embattled Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith—who critics charge has…
First of Two Chesa Boudin Recall Campaigns Fails to Get Enough Verified Signatures, Begs Pressing Questions about Remaining Effort
By Elina Lingappa SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Officials here announced that the first effort to recall San…
Criminal Justice Leaders Call for Presidential Task Force on 21st Century Prosecution
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC – During the Obama administration, the Department of Justice…
Philly Study Links Eviction to Burglary, Robbery and Homicide
By Carson Eschen PHILADELPHIA, PA – A recent study discovered that eviction rates have a direct correlation…
Inadequate Data Collection is Slowing Down Criminal Justice Reform
By Genesis Guzman ROCHESTER, NY – The fight for a reform in the criminal justice system…
Family Still Wants Answers and Police to Come Clean on Shooting Death by Police of Augustine Morales
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The video released in November shows the shooting…
Former Philly Detectives Involved in Wrongful Conviction of Anthony Wright, Charged After Grand Jury Investigation
By Elizabeth Garabedian PHILADELPHIA, PA – District Attorney Larry Krasner late last Friday issued a statement addressing…