Eye on the Courts: Troubled by Marsh Confession
Last week, we broke down two troubling aspects of the Daniel Marsh case. The frequent response when…
Jails Are Filled With Those Who Can’t Make Bail
By Jeff Adachi and Naneen Karraker You may think jail is a place for convicted criminals. You…
Commentary: Victim’s Son Responds to Billingsley Polemic and Restores Our Faith
We were stunned and appalled when Lloyd Billingsley, a journalist and would-be author of a book on…
Commentary: A Rush to Judgment on Sanity?
The 1957 classic movie, 12 Angry Men, depicts what most of the jurors thought would be an…
Jury Finds Marsh Sane Despite Defense Pleas to Consider Marsh’s State of Mind
by Antoinnette Borbon On Tuesday morning jurors got to hear Deputy Public Defender Ron Johnson plead his case…
Victims Believe Burglary Case is Appropriate Application of Three Strikes
By Charmayne Schmitz Mario Lopez appeared in Judge Reed’s courtroom for sentencing on Tuesday, September 30. The…
BREAKING: Yolo County Jury Finds Marsh Sane
A Yolo County jury found Daniel Marsh to be sane when he committed the double murder of…
Vanguard Analysis: Profiting from the Marsh Tragedy?
The verdict in the guilt phase was hardly issued on Friday when an individual, Lloyd Billingsley, a…
My View: Marsh and Juvenile Brain Development
This week a Yolo County jury took a couple of hours to convict Daniel Marsh of the…
Emotions Run High As Jury Renders Guilty Verdict in Marsh Trial
by Antoinnette Borbon A jury of his peers would deliver a guilty verdict today in the state’s…
BREAKING: Marsh Found Guilty on All Counts
A Yolo County jury today found Daniel Marsh guilty on all counts for the 2013 murders of…
Closing Arguments for Marsh – Part One
By Genevieve Ghamian The complicated closing arguments began September 25, 2014, in the trial of Daniel Marsh….
Marsh Case Goes to Closing as Confession Video Concludes
by Antoinnette Borbon As the prosecution’s case during the guilt phase concludes, the defense called three witnesses…
Harvard Psychiatrist Puts Blame on Patient and Family
By Charmayne Schmitz The trial of Daniel Marsh continued on September 23 as Douglas Jacobs, M.D., took…
Defense Witness Disagrees with Court-Appointed Psych Diagnosis; Marsh’s Videotaped Interrogation Continues
by Antoinnette Borbon In what is now the third week of testimony in the state’s case…
Judge Reduces Charges in Pizza Parlor Brawl; Expresses Dislike of Conduct
By Antoinnette Borbon Miguel and Alfredo Moreno are charged with one count, from Penal Code section 245 et…
Off Duty Police Officer Uses Hate Speech in Pizza Parlor Brawl
by Antoinnette Borbon In a preliminary hearing involving a pizza parlor brawl in Winters, the court would…
Eye on the Courts: Prosecutors Don’t Want to Let Jull Verdict Go
It has been over a month since Leona Jull, accused of more than $30,000 worth of embezzlement…
Eye on the Courts: Charging Policies in a Time of Mass Incarceration
The story of the MRAP – one that the Vanguard broke and has been reported across the…
New Evidence of Prosecutorial Misconduct Resulted in Likely Wrongful Execution Willingham
By the Innocence Project The newly formed criminal justice journalism group, The Marshall Project, broke a story…
