August 14, 2020 Inmates Go on Hunger Strike to Demand Better Conditions in Santa Clara County Jails By Jennifer Wadsworth Organizers say they’re also staging the action in solidarity with protests against racist policing in Santa Clara County and throughout the U.S. Read More 11
August 13, 2020 Op-Ed: ‘Bending the Arc’ Requires Truth-Telling and Humanity By Sajid Khan The DA cannot bend the arc toward justice until he stops the dehumanization of people who are accused and convicted of crimes. Read More 11
August 12, 2020 San Jose Teacher Who Coughed on Baby Faces Assault Charge By The Fly Nancy Nordland, who became a household name after surveillance video captured her willfully hacking on a baby’s face, is on the lam. Read More 21
August 9, 2020 Santa Clara Co. Supervisor Mike Wasserman Denies Knowledge of Falsified CCW Paperwork By Michael Moore The DA claims that a sheriff’s official falsified an application for a concealed carry weapon permit for the South County supervisor. Read More 29
August 7, 2020 Lawyers, Guns and Money: Four Charged in Corruption Probe By Jennifer Wadsworth The probe targeting Sheriff Laurie Smith’s inner circle was triggered by San Jose Inside’s inquiry into a suspicious campaign contribution. Read More 16
August 5, 2020 Rape Kit Test in Albuquerque Leads to Guilty Plea in 2004 Mountain View Assault Case By Silicon Valley Newsroom Van Overton Jr. pleaded guilty on Tuesday to attacking a woman who was asleep in a Mountain View motel room 16 years ago. Read More 3
August 4, 2020 SJPD Officer Accused of Fraud, Wage Theft, Tax Evasion By Silicon Valley Newsroom Robert Foster allegedly used his private security firm to commit fraud, evade taxes, steal wages and launder about $18 million. Read More 3
July 28, 2020 Former 49er Dana Stubblefield Found Guilty of Raping a Woman at His Morgan Hill Home By Michael Moore A jury on Monday found the 48-year-old guilty of rape by force, false imprisonment and forcible oral copulation. Read More 21
July 23, 2020 BREAKING: Criminal Grand Jury Convenes in Sheriff’s CCW Case By Silicon Valley Newsroom The DA would have begun the grand jury proceedings sooner had the pandemic not forced a months-long shutdown of the courts. Read More 12
July 15, 2020 DA Declines to File Charges In Alum Rock Construction Scandal By Grace Hase The DA found evidence of one possible crime committed by the Del Terra Group, but the statute of limitations had already expired. Read More 6
July 7, 2020 San Jose POA President Apologizes to Members for Response to Bigoted FB Posts By Jennifer Wadsworth Faced with calls to resign and many members defecting to the Fraternal Order of Police, Sgt. Paul Kelly has since changed his tune. Read More 35
June 25, 2020 DA Won’t Prosecute Curfew Violators—But San Jose Might By Jennifer Wadsworth Assistant District Attorney Terry Harman affirmed as much in a June 10 memo that her office shared with reporters earlier today. Read More 8
June 24, 2020 DA Backs Off Whistleblower Complaint After Fierce Backlash From Public Defenders By The Fly The truce may have come too late for the South Bay’s prosecutor-in-chief to shake off an unfortunate new nickname: DA Karen. Read More 17
June 23, 2020 Letter: 650 Public Defenders Stand Behind Sajid Khan By Guest Columnist Hundreds of public defense attorneys from throughout the country speak out in solidarity with their colleague in Santa Clara County. Read More 8
June 10, 2020 Op-Ed: Prosecutors of All Colors Perpetuate Racial Disparities in Our Criminal Justice System By William Brotherson To all black prosecutors, please understand that black people need you. But we need to you to join us in our call for true justice. Read More 18
June 9, 2020 Op-Ed: Black Prosecutors Play a Vital Role in Our Justice System By Guest Columnist For black people to achieve equal justice, we need to be a part of every aspect of the criminal justice system that directly affects us. Read More 37