Efforts Look to Address Jury Discrimination
In 1966, President Johnson, his party splitting over civil rights and the nation increasingly torn on Vietnam,…
Independent Review Finds Adachi’s Death Natural
From Press Release – Robert Chan, an attorney for the family of Jeff Adachi, is releasing three…
New Immigration Court Opens in Sacramento to Adjudicate Asylum Cases, Removal Orders
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Vanguard learned late Tuesday that the U.S. Dept…
Trump Justice Dept – Finally – Releases Alleged Terror Suspect Who Had Conviction Overturned
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Trump Administration – more than a week after…
City Attorney, Sac Police Misled Judge about Officer’s Misdeeds? SPD Charged with Brutalizing Black Family
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The City Attorney and the Sacramento City Police Dept…
Trump Justice Dept. Holds Keys to Release of Terror Suspect Whose Conviction Was Overturned
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – President Donald Trump – no friend of Muslims with…
Family, Supporters Ask to Have Lodi Terror Suspect Released after Conviction Overturned
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Several dozen family and friends wore looks of relief…
Federal Judge Tosses Conviction of Alleged Lodi ‘Terrorist’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A young Lodi cherry picker, who just happened to…
Sunday Commentary: What If They Violate the Rights of Someone Who Clearly Did It?
In this country, we are supposed to protect the rights of the accused, not only because we…
Opponents of $100 Million Sac County Jails Expansion Burn Ears of Supes
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento Board of Supervisors heard more than it…
Commentary: Racism, Extremism, and Policing
It was only a few years ago when the San Francisco Police Department was embroiled in a…
White Supremacist in Bloody 2016 Capitol Clash Released After ‘Time-Served’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Capitol Bureau SACRAMENTO – As reported first in the Davis Vanguard last May…
Anti-Fascist Trial Again Postponed in Bloody Clash at State Capitol in 2016
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It’s been more than three years since hundreds of…
My View: Clarence Thomas Once Again Not Going to Protect Us from Rogue Prosecutors
In a rare dissent, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ignored the concerns of his colleagues in the…
Sac County Settles Massive Jail Lawsuit – Promises Millions, and Staff Improvements
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The lengthy consent decree – hundreds of pages, nearly…
Sacramento DA Thursday Blinks, and Dodges Expected Political Trial Over Columbus Statue at Capitol
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento County District Attorney Office blinked first Thursday,…
Taxpayers, Not Cops, Shell Out $5.2 Million in Record Sacramento Excessive Force Case
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – City of Sacramento taxpayers – not the police who…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Four Cases from SF to Sac Illustrate the State of the Injustice System
The Vanguard is now covering cases from San Francisco to Sacramento and we find injustice across the…
Public Defender Seeks Proof Dirty Cops Lied, and Traffic Stop Brutalized Black Family
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – There may, or may not be, a dirty cop…
Political Trials for Nazi Fighters, Poor People Advocates Slated in June in Sacramento
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – June – and maybe part of July – is…
