Letter: Ajay’s Innocence
by Teresa Geimer About six years ago, in Yolo County, Ajay Dev was sentenced to 378 years…
Ajay Dev Wrongfully Convicted
By Bill Pursell One American has been wrongfully imprisoned for 2,608 days, and the injustice that is…
Sunday Commentary: The Presumption of Guilt?
Back in October, two tragedies occurred related to the drive-by shooting of a 13-year-old. First, a young…
Sunday Commentary: How We Can Prevent Wrongful Convictions
This was the speech I gave last night at the Vanguard Court Watch Event: Preventing Wrongful Convictions….
Ending Wrongful Convictions
by Lorenzo Johnson The record number of exonerations of innocent prisoners last year shows that something is…
Governor Signs Bill To Properly Compensate Exonerated Individuals
In November of 2011, Maurice Caldwell spoke before the first Vanguard Court Watch justice event on Wrongful…
Eye on the Courts: Is There a Place in the Legal System for Justice and Mercy?
Last night 60 Minutes had a segment on Glenn Ford, who spent nearly 30 years on death…
The Bane of Prosecutorial Misconduct and What One Man Has Done To Change It
Last year when the Vanguard held its annual program for its Court Watch program, it invited Scott…
New Witnesses Might Be Key to Glossip’s Death Penalty Case
A week and a half ago we wrote of an unusual coalition arguing in support of Richard…
Unusual Coalition Warns Oklahoma Governor About Impending Execution of An Innocent Person
By most accounts, it is a highly unusual coalition of people who wrote a letter this week…
My View: Life Sentence For Aurora Theater Gunman Shows the Death Penalty Is Dead
In June, US Supreme Court Justices sparred over the side issue of whether the death penalty ought…
Is DNA Evidence Less Than Bulletproof?
It is worth reading the entire and stunning story from Frontline, The Marshall Project and Fusion, “The…
Justice Matters: Plea Bargains Are Ubiquitous. But Are They Un-American?
By Jeff Adachi Imagine you’re arrested for a crime you didn’t commit. You can’t afford bail. While…
Commentary: Patz Mistrial is Proof Positive For Why Wrongful Convictions Still Happen
Etan Patz was six years old when he disappeared on May 25, 1979, in New York. I,…
Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty
The protests and police shootings in Ferguson and Staten Island have focused on the disproportionate black and…
Sunday Commentary: Why Government Surveillance is a Threat to All
One of my biggest disappointments with the current administration has been their lack of resolve in curbing…
Different Perspective: How Ferguson Demonstrates the Pitfalls of Eyewitness Identification
Professor Ronald Rotunda at Chapman University, Fowler School of Law, writes this week in Justia’s Legal Analysis…
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…
Yolo DA Creates Conviction Integrity Unit
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced on Tuesday that his office has created “a Conviction Integrity…