Experts and Officers Take the Stand in Rizo Murder Trial
by Adrian Lopez and Melissa Sanchez Officers Take the Stand in Rizo Murder Trial By Adrian Lopez…
Witness Says Defendant Confessed Crime Which Brought ‘Karma’
by Melissa Sanchez and Danielle Eden C. Silva Testimony Continues in People V. Rizo By Melissa Sanchez…
Key Witnesses Take the Stand in Rizo Murder Trial
By Nahima Shaffer and Danielle Eden C. Silva First Witnesses Called in Rizo Trial By Nahima Shaffer…
Who Shot Happy? Murder Trial for Rizo Opens with Conflicting Accounts
Monday marked the opening arguments in the trial of Christian Rizo, accused of the shooting death of…
Defendant’s Wife Describes Witnessing the Stabbing, Murder
By Adrian Lopez Proceedings got extremely emotional and tense on Friday, April 27, in the trial of…
Jury Selection Begins in Rizo Murder Trial
By Nahima Shaffer On the morning of April 25, 2018, jury selection began in the murder trial…
Guest Commentary: A Shut and Open Case
Dissociative justice in California By Lloyd Billingsley April 14 marks five years since Daniel Marsh, 15, murdered…
Family Tries to Raise Money to Appeal Justin Gonzalez’s Wrongful Conviction
In early December, a Yolo County jury convicted Alexis Velazquez of first degree murder and Justin Gonzalez…
Sunday Commentary: The Truth Comes Out in KetMoRee but Only As an Afterthought
I kept asking the question as to why the DA outright dropped the charges against the five…
My View: Defense Tells Story of Wrongful Prosecution in the KetMoRee Case
One of the big mysteries has been how we went from a six-defendant murder case to a…
Gonzalez Proclaims His Innocence but Sentenced to 70 to Life
Judge Daniel P. Maguire acknowledged he was troubled that he was holding a CD with a recording…
Commentary: The KetMoRee Mystery Deepens with Angry Letter from Victim’s Father
From the time that the plea agreement in the KetMoRee stabbing was announced, it was more than…
Velazquez Receives Life without Parole, but Judge Wants More in Gonzalez Motion
In early December, Alexis Velazquez was convicted of first degree murder along with special circumstances and enhancements…
Commentary: Did the DA Commit Prosecutorial Misconduct in Justin Gonzalez Trial?
In early December, a Yolo County jury convicted Alexis Velazquez of first degree murder and Justin Gonzalez…
Guest Commentary: Justin Gonzalez Case Demonstrates Judicial Inequities
By Megan Raschig California has made great strides in criminal justice reform in past years, eliminating three…
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…
Hodges Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Killing His Three Children
Robert Hodges was, by all accounts, a loving family man who suddenly last September killed his three…
Attorney Charges Prosecutorial Misconduct in New Motion in the Case Del Sol Trial
A week ago, the family of Justin Gonzalez held a press conference to dispute the jury verdict…
Families Call for Justice in Two Recent Wrongful Conviction Cases in Yolo County
The families of two men they believe to have been wrongfully convicted called out for justice on…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Did DA Punt on High Profile Murder Case?
When the KetMoRee stabbing first occurred in September 2015, it was a stunning moment for the city…
