Unanimous Support for Providing Housing Funds and Free Education to the Wrongfully Convicted
By Danielle Silva California Governor Gavin Newsom has recently signed Assembly Bills 701 and 703, increasing the…
Analysis: Was Wrongfully Convicted Fashion Designer a Victim of Racial Prejudice on the Part of Prosecutor?
In 2008, Anand Jon Alexander, a rising star in the fashion design world, was convicted of multiple…
Texas Plans to Execute Jewish Man Denied a Fair Trial by an Anti-Semitic Judge
By Heather L. Weaver UPDATE: On Friday, October 4, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, where Halprin had…
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…
Couzens Drags Ajay Dev Evidentiary Hearing Out for Hours
If there was hope that a series of evidentiary hearings in the decade-old Ajay Dev case would…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 11 – Obie Anthony and Exonerated Nation
In 1995, Obie Anthony was 19 years old when he was convicted of murder and attempted robbery. …
Lester Holt Talks about Why People Falsely Confess to Crimes
When a motion to suppress came forward in the Daniel Marsh case about five years ago, I…
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…
Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Plan
Last week Bernie Sanders published his criminal justice reform plan. On Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren published hers –…
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…
Ten Years after He Was Sentenced to 378 Years, Ajay Dev Case Returns to Yolo County
The last time that Yolo County saw Ajay Dev’s case was in August 2009. Mr. Dev, having…
Vanguard Court Watch Podcast Episode 2 – Lisa Rea – Restorative Justice
Lisa Rea is the president and founder of Restorative Justice International (RJI). RJI is an international association…
Black Boys Aren’t “Wolf Packs” and Abusive Prosecutors Aren’t “Lone Wolves”
By Somil Trivedi and Nusrat Choudhury Ava Duvernay’s new miniseries, When They See Us, retells the harrowing…
Commentary: Can the Jury Convict on the Word of a Four-Year-Old?
The lengthy trial closed on Monday in San Francisco, and both sides agreed on basically one thing…
Linda Fairstein Is Canceled. Is ‘Law & Order’ Culture Next?
By the Appeal “I had stared at death before. I was way too familiar with the vagaries…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Four Cases from SF to Sac Illustrate the State of the Injustice System
The Vanguard is now covering cases from San Francisco to Sacramento and we find injustice across the…
Unreliable Eyewitness ID Leads to Conviction Reversal in 2002 Shooting
(From Press Release) – A man wrongfully convicted in a 2002 shooting has had his conviction reversed…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecutorial Oversight Lacking in Yolo County
Last week we saw at the state level a shining example of how even a liberal attorney…
Exonerees in 2018 Lost a Record Number of Years to Wrongful Imprisonment
Conviction Integrity Units in prosecutors’ offices have tripled since 2013 (From Press Release) – In 2018, the…
