Report: Conviction Integrity Units Form Vital Link For Reform Efforts
In October of this year, Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that his office has created…
Speech at 2014 Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Prosecutorial Misconduct
The following was my speech on prosecutorial misconduct delivered last night at the Fourth Annual Vanguard Dinner…
Sponsors for the Vanguard Court Watch Dinner and Awards Ceremony
The Vanguard wishes to thank it’s sponsors for the 4th Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony Event. Patron…
TODAY JOIN US FOR THE Prosecutorial Misconduct Event – November 15
Join us on November 15, for a discussion on Prosecutorial Misconduct, featuring keynote speaker Scott Sanders. Sanders…
Motion Claims State’s Cheating Compels Court to Block Death Penalty
Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders, who will speak at the Vanguard’s event on Saturday, filed…
Monday Morning Thoughts: New School Board Takes Shape, And the Week Ahead
Last week we saw the election of three new school board members: Madhavi Sunder, Barbara Archer and…
Keynote Speaker Fights Battle Against Prosecutorial Misconduct in Orange County Capital Murder Case
Orange County Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders acknowledges his client, Scott Dekraai, is guilty of being the…
Eye on the Courts: Will Yolo Convictions Integrity Unit Go Far Enough?
In 2011, Maurice Caldwell came to speak at the Vanguard’s first Dinner and Awards Ceremony. He had…
Eye on the Courts: Case of Egregious Prosecutorial Misconduct
In its report entitled Preventable Error, the The Veritas Initiative, the research and policy arm of the…
Governor Signs Bill to Aid Wrongly Convicted, But Vetoes Ammiano’s Prosecutorial Misconduct Bill
Late last week, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1058 into law. According to a release from the…
Commentary: Are there Innocent People on Death Row?
“A North Carolina death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence on Tuesday was once held up by…
New Evidence of Prosecutorial Misconduct Resulted in Likely Wrongful Execution Willingham
By the Innocence Project The newly formed criminal justice journalism group, The Marshall Project, broke a story…
Eye on the Courts: The Pernicious Specter of Prosecutorial Misconduct
A ruling this last week in Orange County shows just how high the bar has been set…
Eye on the Courts: Lack of Transparency in the DA’s Office Should Trouble Us All
Last week, I was researching something for my column on the District Attorney’s Victims of Crime award…
