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RJ Vogt

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JD @StanfordLaw, formerly access to justice reporter for @Law360 | thoughts my own
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MoFo Helps Reverse 1994 Calif. Murder Conviction

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By RJ Vogt
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At 18 years old, Arturo Jimenez was arrested and charged with shooting a man at a Los Angeles gas station. During his 1994 murder trial, police officers lied on the stand and his assigned defense counsel told the jury that maybe Jimenez's innocence claims were bogus. Key eyewitness testimony proving he couldn't have been the killer was never presented, and in the end, jurors only needed one day to decide Jimenez was guilty of killing Hugo Colmenarez, a rival gang member.
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Virus, Protests Fuel Push To Reopen Access To Justice Office

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By RJ Vogt
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For eight years, the Justice Department's Access to Justice Office focused on issues like civil legal aid and indigent defense. But ever since the Trump administration shuttered the office in 2018, former staffers say access to justice has grown increasingly out of reach. When then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions shut down the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Access to Justice in 2018, there was no press release, no tweet from the Oval Office.
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After Stone Clemency, Activists Rally For Elder Parole

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By RJ Vogt
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Roger Stone, the only person to whom President Donald Trump has offered clemency during the pandemic, flashes his trademark double peace signs on July 12 outside his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Johnny Louis/Getty Images) In commuting the 40-month sentence of Republican political operative Roger Stone earlier this month, President Donald Trump railed against "the Russia hoax" and "out-of-control" prosecutors who charged Stone with witness tampering and lying to Congress.
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