Mayor’s Monthly Podcast, Episode 1: Brett Lee Talks about Davis Issues
The Vanguard hosts its first monthly podcast with Davis Mayor Brett Lee. We talk about critical issues…
Everyday Justice Podcast Episode 19: David Thorne and a Murder for Hire That Wasn’t
David Thorne is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for allegedly hiring an acquaintance…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 18: The Unfair Prosecution of the Faires
Imagine you have been arrested and held in custody for years for a crime you did not…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 17: Tio Sessoms and His Fight for Exoneration
Tio Dinero Sessoms was 19 years old when two Sacramento homicide detectives interrogated him about a deadly…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 16: Elizabeth Kim and NLG-Sacramento
Elizabeth Kim, the President of the Sacramento Branch of the National Lawyer’s Guild, talks about her arrest…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 15: Ajay Dev Speaks from Prison for First Time
In 2009, Ajay Dev was wrongly convicted of 76 counts of raping his adopted daughter and sentenced…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 14: Joe D. Martin Speaks Life from Prison
Joe D. Martin joins us live from his Tennessee Prison. His story from a Change.org petition: “Joe…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 13 – Free Ronnie Long
This is from the Generation Why Podcast: “Ronnie Long. April 25, 1976. Concord, North Carolina. A man…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 12 – The YONET Raids of Paul Fullerton
Paul Fullerton was a well decorated firefighter for over 20 years with the UC Davis Fire Department….
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 10 – Scott Sanders and Orange County Jail Informant Scandal
This is one of the worst stories about official corruption we have seen in recent times in…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 9 – An Unlawful Arrest
Anthony Hernandez was arrested and spent a month in custody because of racial profiling and presumptions by…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 8 – Marvin Mutch’s 41 Years at San Quentin
In 1974, in the small town of Union City, California, a 13-year-old girl was found, floating in…
Vanguard Court Watch Episode 7 – Freeing the Innocent Under SB 1437
Emmitt Lewis and Michael Wilson, who were convicted of first degree murder stemming from a 2003 robbery…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 6 – Jeffrey Deskovic – from Wrongly Convicted Teen to Activist
The story of Jeffrey Deskovic is a classic case of a wrongful conviction. At the age of…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 5 – Alfred Melbourne and Three Sisters Garden
This is a story of redemption. So many people get caught up in the criminal justice system…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 4 – Attica Uprising – Heather Ann Thompson
The Attica Uprising is an overlooked attrocity in American History – comparable to perhaps Mai Lai, Abu…
