Philly DA Won’t Retry Rice after Conviction Vacated Last November
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia – Larry Krasner announced on Monday at a press conference…
LA District Attorney Announces Exonerations of Two Men Wrongfully Convicted of Murder in 2001 in Downey
The men are being exonerated after collectively spending nearly 40 years in prison for a murder they…
Florida Gov Suspends Prosecutor Who OK’d DNA Testing for 78-Year Old Death Row Accused – New State Attorney Cancels Testing
By The Vanguard Staff ORLANDO, FL – A man here facing execution for a 1975 quadruple murder…
Another Murder Conviction Vacated in Philly after Case ‘Tainted’ by Bad Cop
By The Vanguard PHILADELPHIA, PA – The 2012 murder conviction of Donta Regustors for the 2010 fatal…
Man Exonerated After 33 Years in Prison for Wrongful Attempted Murder Conviction
By Sophia Barberini LOS ANGELES, CA – Daniel Saldaña’s exoneration was announced during a press conference Thursday…
Exonerated: Conviction of Maurice Hastings Vacated in 1983 Murder
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – A man, Maurice Hastings, who has served…
Innocence Project and LA DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit Worked Together to Free Torres after 21 Years of Wrongful Incarceration
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – On Wednesday, the Los Angeles DA’s office…
Vanguard Investigation: The Puzzling Case of Neron Dozier in Queens
By Luke Kyaw, Alexander Pleitez, Beth Miller, and Stephanie Boulos QUEENS, NY – The criminal justice system…
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Adds Five New Convictions to Be Vacated after Corrupt Actions of Rogue Band of Crooked Cook County Cops
By Amy Fullerton CHICAGO, IL – After the misconduct committed by former Chicago Police Sergeant Ronald Watts…
Philly District Attorney Files 6 Motions Holding Police Dept in Contempt of Court for Not Providing Officer Info
By Carson Eschen PHILADELPHIA, PA – In an unprecedented move, six motions to hold the Philadelphia Police…
New Forensic Evidence, Suppressed Evidence Exonerates Chester Hollman – Wrongfully Convicted for 28 Years
(Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what will be regular reports on the…
Krasner’s Office Releases Report on More than 20 People Exonerated During His First Term in Office
By David M. Greenwald Philadelphia – Calling the work of the Philadephia DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit “historic”…
Guest Commentary: What Larry Krasner’s Primary Win Means for Criminal Legal Reform – and How He Can Go Further
Krasner has tackled some of the great injustices that his predecessors carried out. He also has more…
Philly Court Orders New Trial for Convicted Man after Nearly 40 Years
By Esha Kher PHILADELPHIA, PA – Five years after doubts began circulating in the news media about…
Krasner’s Conviction Integrity Unit Secures 20th Exoneration Since 2018
By Vanguard Staff PHILADELPHIA– The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas vacated the 2010 murder conviction and sentence…
Another Exoneration – 17th – of Wrongfully Convicted Person in Philly
By Jose Medina PHILADELPHIA – Many people are wrongfully convicted of crimes in the U.S., but very…
Sunday Commentary: Reisig Is Not Putting Forward a Reform Agenda
by David M. Greenwald It has been two years since both the Davis Enterprise and Sacramento Bee…
Sunday Commentary: Why Don’t We Have a Sentence Review Unit?
On Monday, Ajay Dev’s case will be back in Judge Janene Beronio’s Yolo County courtroom. As most who…
Commentary: Zero Is the Number Freed by Conviction Integrity Units Here
According to an article this week in the Washington Post, there are now 49 conviction review units…
Sunday Commentary: If Reisig Wants to Be a Progressive Prosecutor – Here’s His Chance in the Dev Case
District Attorney Jeff Reisig has, strangely enough, two reputations. Some will tell you he’s actually one of…
