First Amendment Coalition Releases Details of Recent Battles
By The Vanguard Staff SAN RAFAEL, CA – The First Amendment Coalition this week released details of…
Attorney’s Clients Now on Hook for Millions of Dollars; CA State Bar Says It Will Respond to Records Request in Probe
By Robert Hansen LOS ANGELES, CA – Anaheim attorney Kenneth Catanzarite of Catanzarite Law Corporation retains a…
Half of Police Force in Minnesota Town Quits, and Crime Rates Drop, Suggesting ‘Depolicing’ Might Be a Thing
By The Vanguard Staff GREEN VALLEY, MN – A New York Times opinion piece this week notes,…
State Supreme Court Approves State Bar Rule Encouraging Attorneys to Report Misconduct
By Robert J. Hansen The Supreme Court of California approved modifying the State Bar of California’s rule…
COURT WATCH: Defense Charges Prosecutorial Misconduct, Challenges Competency of Police Investigation – Jury Still Finds Accused Guilty
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong and CiCi Jiang WOODLAND, CA – In a Yolo County Superior Court Dept. 9…
State Bar Suggests Implementing Rule Compelling Attorneys to Report Misconduct
By Michael McCutcheon, Zainab Antepli and Marisol Franco LOS ANGELES, CA – The State Bar of California…
Berkeley Police Accountability Board’s Vice-Chairman Calls Delay of Interim Chief of Police’s Confirmation until Full Investigation of Severe Alleged Misconduct
By Tommy Nguyen BERKELEY, CA – Vice-Chair Nathan Mizell of the Berkeley Police Accountability Board urged the…
Appeal Court Denies Alabama Death Row Appeal on Ineffective Counsel, Juror Misconduct
By Neha Malhi ALABAMA– Keith Gavin, an Alabama prisoner serving two death sentences and lifetime imprisonment, lost…
Roman Polanski File Unsealed by Los Angeles DA Amid Decades-Long Allegations by Victim of Prosecutorial Misconduct
By Leila Katibah LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Tuesday his…
NYPD Officers Convicted for Theft and Misconduct
By Mathew Seibert and Emma Kantor MANHATTAN, NY – Two New York Police Dept. officers were convicted…
Public Defender Accuses Prosecutor of Multiple Acts of Misconduct While Jury Deliberates in Attempted Murder Trial
By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO – Assistant Public Defender Martina Avalos detailed a number of alleged actions…
