Los Angeles DA Candidates Address Prop 47 and Prop 57
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Santa Monica, CA – Last Wednesday, the Santa Monica Democratic Club…
Monday Morning Thoughts: What Is Yolo Doing Wrong on Bail and Recidivism?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig has attempted for…
Prop. 57 Releases Have Lowest Recidivism Rate in Ten Years, Yolo District Attorney Data Shows
By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA – Over ten years ago, a federal court ordered California to…
CDAA Asks CDCR to Explain Early Release Policy
(Editor’s note: Last week, the California District Attorneys Association put out a communication asking CDCR to explain their…
SF District Attorney Lays Out New Juvenile Justice Policy
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins announced on…
Guest Commentary: Overreach – California’s Executive & Judicial Branches’ Deft Strokes Undermine the Electorate’s Power and Erode Freedom
By Jesse Perez, justice system impacted youth “Our system of law requires prisoners like me and many…
DA Townhall Features Reflections on the 9th Anniversary of the Marsh Murders
By Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA – On Tuesday, and first anniversary, Yolo County’s Commons Town Hall…
My View: The Media Already Blames Early Release for the Sacramento Shooting
Media Narrative Always Tilts Away from Criminal Justice Reform By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA…
Commentary: What’s Motivating the DA Charging a Minor With Drug-Induced Homicide?
By Rory Fleming After taking office in 2011, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen helped lead…
My View: Yolo DA Calls for Stopping the ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’ – or Does He?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – The Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, long an…
Did Gascón’s Office Improperly Handle a Murder Case? Prosecutor Offers Another Side to the Story
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Antelope Valley, CA – Andrew Cachu was just shy of his…
Defendant-Appellant Calls for Resentencing in Juvenile Court
By Hannah Adams and Helen Greenia SANTA ANA, CA – Louis Montes was convicted for the special-circumstance…
Schubert and Crime Victims Attempt to Stop CDCR’s Early Release Using Misleading Claims and Rhetoric
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert, flanked by victims,…
Commentary: Scratch Below the Dog and Pony Show and It’s the Same Ol’ Reisig
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – I was interested to see whether Jeff Reisig…
Analysis: Data Transparency Is a Good Start, but DA Reisig Needs a Data Analyst
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – I watched Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig give…
Suit Challenging the Early Release of 76,000 Incarcerated People Filed by 44 DAs Including Schubert and Reisig
By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – Two weeks ago Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert sent…
76k CDCR Residents Maybe Eligible for Early-Release via Prop. 57, Conservatives Raise Concerns
By Julietta Bisharyan, Nick Gardner and Alexis Hogan Davis Vanguard’s weekly highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 crisis Incarcerated…
CA Supreme Court Hosts Oral Argument on Constitutionality of SB 1391, Fate of Sending Youth Under 16 to Adult Court
By Kelly Moran SAN FRANCISCO ––California’s Supreme Court Justices heard a challenge Tuesday by prosecutors to SB…
Legislature Passes Criminal Justice Reform Bills
California Legislature OKs SB 310, ‘The Right to a Jury of Your Peers’ (From Press Release –…
Appellate Court Upholds SB 1391, Allows Juvenile Law Prohibiting Adult Court for 14- and 15-Year-Olds
In October, former Governor Jerry Brown signed into law, SB 1391 which prohibits 14- and 15-year-olds from…
