Commentary: Renwick Drake’s Conviction Was a Massive Injustice – Now Reisig Wants Credit for Freeing Him
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig says he recognizes…
Guest Commentary: Biden’s ‘Quiet Revolution’ Puts More Public Defenders on Federal Bench
By Diana Becton, John Creuzot and Miriam Aroni Krinsky Most Americans rightly focus on important decisions made…
Commentary: Scientific Justice
By Christopher Bryson According to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office, The Stanford University Computational Policy Lab…
Sunday Commentary: No Surprise with the Chamber – Important Discussions Loom for DiSC-2022
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yeah okay, this year’s least surprising news came…
Looking Back: The Fraudulent Actions of the Former Westchester County DA
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Commentary: Progressive Prosecutors Can Gain Perspective from Trips Abroad
By Rory Fleming When only a single state or country does a thing, it is usually a…
Commentary: People Want to Leave Silicon Valley – and It’s All About Housing!
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The headline jumps out at you – 56 percent of respondents…
Commentary: San Francisco Courts Are a Mess, Have Been a Mess, and the Problem is Not on the DA
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a bombshell transcript. It gave…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Orange County DA Becomes Unhinged Over Cop Shooting
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was a horrible story out of Alamo, Georgia, as CBS…
Sunday Commentary: Is the Davis Use of Force Comparison That Helpful?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The City of Davis in their press release…
Sunday Commentary: CEQA Is the Boogeyman, but with More Bark Than Bite in Terms of Impact on Housing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Toward the end of the recall election, CalMatters did a very…
Looking Back: New York State Must Strengthen Its DNA Access Laws
US Supreme Court Osborne Decision Negatively Influences First New York State Case By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back”…
Commentary: Should We Be Easing Mask Restrictions?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Thursday that they were…
Commentary: The Changing Landscape of the Tech and the Pandemic
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we move out of the pandemic—eventually we…
Commentary: Judge’s Criticism of Boudin’s Office Largely Unwarranted
By Rory Fleming On September 29, Judge Bruce Chan, a former public defender, seemingly crushed San Francisco…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Look at What Police Abolition Could Look Like
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor People hear terms like “defund the police” “abolish the police” “disband…
Sunday Commentary: Police Have Always Carried the Public Safety Mantra, but Now They Have a Problem
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor For years police officers proudly carried the public safety flag—their actions…
My View: DA Attacks Zero Bail, then Absurdly Incarcerates Man for 23 Years for Nonviolent Drug Offense
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – For months the Vanguard has pointed out that…
Commentary: County Where Philando Castile Died Becomes Latest to Stop Prosecuting Non-Safety Traffic Stops
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor While various notions of “defund” the police have drawn attention, not…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why the Climate Package Is the Most Immediate and Urgent Need
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor More than a decade ago, the Vanguard was among the first…
