Reisig a No-Show at King Hall Law School Candidates Forum
Students at UC Davis’ Law School invited both DA candidates to participate in a candidates forum. Challenger…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Does a Prosecutor Have to Be Tough on Crime?
I found Matt Rexroad’s letter in support of DA Jeff Reisig interesting. I asked him if he…
Commentary: How Prosecutors Can Serve on the Front Lines in the War against Wrongful Convictions
Yesterday I read an op-ed in the Cleveland newspaper where the head of the Innocence Project of…
Johansson Disputes Letter’s Account of 20-Year-Old Incident
DA Challenger Claims to Be a Whistleblower and Paints a Picture of Widespread Corruption in Tulare County…
My View: Did Reisig Find Election-Year Religion on Prop 64?
Earlier this week, following the lead of San Francisco from earlier this year, the Yolo County District…
DA Will Partner with Public Defender to Expedite Relief to Those with Marijuana Convictions Affected by Proposition 64
(From Press Release) – Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced plans to partner with the Public…
LWV Candidates Debate in West Sac features DA and Sheriff
The non-partisan League of Women Voters (LWV) West Sacramento and Davis will cohost a Candidate’s Forum with…
Monsanto Protestors Found Not Guilty during Yolo County Trial Thursday
Judge says Government (DA Jeff Reisig) Failed to Meet Its Burden By Crescenzo Vellucci WOODLAND – In…
Commentary: DA Needs to Trust Due Process of Law
It was a strange and unexpected ruling that sent shock waves through the Davis and Yolo County…
Commentary: McGregor Scott Proving to Be Less Than Independent
In early January, the city announced it had hired Michael Gennaco as interim Police Auditor. One of…
Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Beat Reisig?
I keep getting asked, can Dean Johansson beat Jeff Reisig? History runs against Dean Johansson. This remains…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo County’s Conviction Integrity Unit Has Little to Show for Itself
There was an interesting article in The Nation Magazine last week entitled: “Why Does Our Justice System…
Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Become Yolo’s Larry Krasner?
In November, Larry Krasner, a man who spent his career defending criminals and protecting civil rights and…
Breaking News: Johansson Formally Announces for DA
Flanked by supporters, and pledging to “provide justice for all,” longtime Yolo County Deputy Public Defender Dean…
New DA Candidate Emerges
Last fall it appeared that for the first time since he was elected in 2006, DA Jeff…
Sunday Commentary: The Local Media Cover the Tragedy, but Not the Injustice
On Friday morning, Judge Rosenberg’s courtroom was the place to be, with two sentencing hearings for cases…
Sunday Commentary: Classic Wrongful Conviction Problems Punctuate Gonzalez Conviction
When we talked with Attorney Keith Staten, who represented Justin Gonzalez in the Case Del Sol murder…
Commentary: Another Wrongful Conviction in Yolo?
We first covered Justin Gonzalez in 2013 when the then-19-year-old Woodland resident was accused in a gang…
Hodges Quickly Takes Guilty Plea to Murdering His 3 Children
It was just a few months ago that Robert Hodges killed his three children and attempted to…
Marches and Speeches in Woodland against Police Violence and Prosecutorial Overreach
More than 50 people came to a rally and protest on Saturday in support of the family…
