VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Forever Prisoner
by Fred Munch The superior courts in California hand out life sentences like candy at Halloween. In…
Sunday Commentary: A Lot of Things Don’t Add Up from Tuesday
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A lot of things did not add up…
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…
Guest Commentary: The Social Security Scam
The Social Security Scam by Mark Dempsey Today’s Sacramento Bee (April 2, 2023) has a story with the…
My View: Pundits Run the Risk of Over-Analyzing the First Card of the Hand
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a tendency in sports for analysts and sports writers…
Commentary: Police and District Attorneys Don’t Want to Give Up Harmful Traffic Stops – Opponents to Traffic Stop Reforms
By Robert J. Hansen California is moving a bill through the legislature that would prohibit police from…
Commentary: The Public and Council Needed to Know about HCD’s Letter Prior to Tuesday’s Meeting
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Earlier this week, I ran the column, “The…
Update: A Bombshell Report on the Failures of the Gascón Recall
Editor’s note: In August 2022, the Vanguard published the article, “A Bombshell Report on the Failures of…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: What Are We Paying For?
By Jamel Walker I had an interesting conversation the other day with a teacher. I wondered whether…
Letter: Appeal the University Mall Redevelopment Project
By Darryl Rutherford Dear Councilmembers Partida, Chapman, and Arnold, I am writing to express my strong opposition…
Commentary: Is This a Viable Path? If Not, Will the State Step in and Force the Issue?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Perhaps the most interesting item on the agenda…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Judge the Cheating
By Prisoner 34 Countless people have been wrongfully convicted of crime in America’s increasingly unreliable, unfair criminal…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Future of Davis Is on the Line This Week, Stay Tuned
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like, since the pandemic, the council…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Three Reasons Why We Grow Plants in Prison
By Sean Neal It was almost 6 a.m. when I awoke to keys jingling in the door…
Sunday Commentary: City Revenue Problems Aren’t Going Away
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Over the last decade, the biggest failure of…
Looking Back: Albany Finally Passes Vital Anti-Prison Census Legislation
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Commentary: Death Row Roach
By Jason Davis Randall Cash, 63, was arrested at age 25 and after a 7 years long…
Commentary: Bonta Seeks Expanded Ability to Intervene When Cities Attempt to Block State Housing Laws
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – When state officials sued Huntington Beach, a wealthy…
Commentary: Mistaken ID Impetus
By John L. Orr After my booking and intake procedures at L.A. County Jail in January 1995,…
Commentary: What Should the City’s Economic Development Strategy Be?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yesterday as part of our weekly series of…