Boyfriend Caught with Blood on Hands and Dead Girlfriend, Pleads Not Guilty
By Elizabeth Cho SAN FRANCISCO – Jose Rodriguez and Valeria Villagomez dated for several months. And then,…
Commentary: Yolo DA’s Office Takes to Fox News to Push Agenda
Remember when the Yolo DA was touted by local media as being one of the most progressive…
No Body, No Weapon, No Crime Scene – How Disappearance Led to Guilty Conviction
By Elizabeth Cho SANTA CLARA – More than five years after Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar…
VA Murder Suspects Caught by Humboldt Authorities, Fight Extradition
By Susana Jurado HUMBOLDT, CA – Two murder suspects were caught on the run from Virginia…
VANGUARD ANALYSIS: Suspicious Deaths of Women in the U.S. Military
By Mella Bettag, Jose Medina, Lauren Smith The murder of Vanessa Guillen sparked outrage across the U.S….
Community Rallies for Kayli Jefferson-Henkel, Killed Nearly a Year Ago at Travis
While the nation demands answers for the death of Vanessa Guillen and Gregory Morales, whose bodies were…
Slumber Party Gone Wrong: Tamla Horsford Case Re-Opened
By VANGUARD staff FORSYTH COUNTY, GA – The “slumber party gone wrong” story of Tamla Horsford just…
Preliminary Hearing on Gang-Related Murder Charge Moves Forward
By Henry Stiepleman SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento man’s preliminary hearing for a gang-related murder charge concluded last…
Grand Jury Indicts Ahmaud Arbery’s Suspected Killers on Murder Charges
By Linh Nguyen ATLANTA – The three men accused of shooting and killing Ahmaud Arbery—who was chased…
‘Death by Juror Bias and Questionable Evidence’: Scott Peterson Appealing Death Sentence
By Michael Frye SAN FRANCISCO – In a virtual hearing before the California Supreme Court Tuesday, attorney…
Death Penalty of Defendant in 2001 Homicides of Three Teenage Boys Upheld by Supreme Court of California
The justices of the Supreme Court of California reviewed a direct appeal from the appellant, Alfred Flores,…
A Riverside County Judge’s Interpretation of the Criteria of Compassionate Releases Questioned
By Linh Nguyen The Fourth District Court of Appeal in California reconfirmed the requirements for “compassionate releases”…
Netflix’s ‘Innocence Files’ Opens with Bite Mark Evidence Leading to Wrongful Convictions
By Nancy Martinez The first three episodes of Netflix’s The Innocence Files question the validity of forensic…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Tulare DA Pushes Back against Governor Commutation
Tulare DA Tim Ward is the Secretary-Treasurer of the conservative California District Attorneys Association. A little over…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 55 – Story of Joann Parks Wrongly Convicted of Arson Murder
In 1989 she was a young mother who lost her kids in a tragic fire. Except the…
Paul Hildwin Walks Free after Spending Nearly Three Decades on Death Row
By Coco Wang Paul Hildwin pleaded no contest to second-degree murder before his second retrial for the…
Two Held for Murder in Death of Sacramento Man Found Near Hospital
By Nancy Martinez Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – In the early hours of the morning of June…
Overturned Death Row Conviction of an LAPD Officer Killing in 1983
By Nancy Martinez The Los Angeles Superior Court overturned the death row conviction of Kenneth Earl Gay…
Davis Police Release Video of December Shooting, Showing Man Charge Police Who Then Open Fire
The Davis Police have released all audio and video recordings of the December 19 shooting that followed…
Police Say Man Attacked Them with a Knife, Forcing Them To Respond with Gunfire
Police have not identified the decedents in an early morning incident on Thursday where police responded to…
