Jose Olivares Released After 13 Years of Wrongful Incarceration – Due to Misdiagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome
Los Angeles, CA – Jose Olivares walked out free on Wednesday, 13 years after being wrongly convicted…
Everyday Injustice Episode 253: Preston Shipp – Confessions of a Former Prosecutor
For years, Preston Shipp served as an appellate prosecutor in the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office. While serving…
Family Files Suit after Santa Rita Jail Places Violent Sex Offender into a Mentally Ill Man’s Cell Leading to His Murder
Dublin, CA – Attorney Adante Pointer, of Oakland-based Pointer & Buelna, Lawyers For The People, announced last…
New Court Filings Allege Prosecutor Withheld Critical Evidence of Plea Deal with Co-Accused, Improperly Excluded Black Jurors from Warren King Trial
ATLANTA, GA – Defense attorneys for Warren King, a man convicted and sentenced to death in Georgia…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 233: What Rehab Means for Someone Serving LWOP
When Michael Owens was an angry and traumatized young man, he committed a horrible crime and was…
DA Accountability Table Supports DA Pamela Price’s Decision Not to Pursue Adult Prosecution in Case Involving a Juvenile
Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – The Alameda County District Attorney Accountability Table (ACDAAT) grieves with…
DA Price Gets Blasted for Trying Accused Killer of Teens as a Juvenile – But Others Argue We Need to Treat Kids as Kids
Reformers Believe Juvenile Murder Case Should Spur Discussion of Appropriate Ways to Handle Juvenile Crime By David…
COURT WATCH INVESTIGATION: Expert Geneticist in Wrongful Murder Accusation Case Claims Evidence by Forensic Pathologist ‘Not True’
By Jojo Kofman and Madi Whittemore (Editor’s note: The Vanguard the Clay case, and our coverage of…
Day One Dominguez Preliminary Hearing – State Won’t Seek Death
By Bryan Miller WOODLAND, CA – Accused Davis stabbing suspect Carlos Dominguez appeared for the first day…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode #230: Laurence Ralph and the Tragedy of Sito
It is described as: “A riveting and heart-wrenching story of violence, grief and the American justice system,…
Judges Blocks Public Access to Attempted Murder Case Involving Family Court Reunification Therapist
Editor’s note, the teen victim-witness in this story is identified as Emily Doe. The father charged with…
Investigator Calls Gun Evidence in 46-Year-Old Case ‘Dark and Troubling’
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Fresno, CA – It was like something out of a Hollywood…
LA Innocence Project Now Takes Up Scott Peterson’s Case
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was a high-profile case that many believe is cut and…
Four Men and One Man’s Mother Now Jailed in Connection to Death of Oakland Officer Killed in Dispensary Burglary
By Citlalli Florez OAKLAND, CA – Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced the charges against four…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 228: Exonerated Attorney Seeks to Undo Massive Injustice
This week on Everyday Injustice Jarrett Adams—himself exonerated of a wrongful conviction—is seeking to undo a massive…
Justin Gonzalez Now Listed in the National Registry of Exonerations
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – In October Justin Gonzalez was acquitted of murder…
Man Wrongfully Convicted of Killing Malcolm X Files Lawsuit against Federal Government, Alleges FBI Hid Proof of Innocence
By Audrey Sawyer NEW YORK CITY, NY – When Malcolm X, known as one of the most…
Philadelphia Resident Exonerated at Urging of District Attorney’s Office for 2006 Murder
By Kaveh Nasseri PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia resident David Sparks, convicted in 2008 of a murder for…
Justin Gonzalez Talks about His Wrongful Conviction and His Retrial
by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week a jury acquitted Justin Gonzalez of second degree murder…
Commentary: Justin Gonzalez Acquitted after Seven Years, Walks Out a Free Man
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – When Justin Gonzalez was convicted in 2017 and…