Articles by Keith Sanders

Specialized Police Units Hunt People for ICE

Loaded on June 15, 2023 by Keith Sanders published in Criminal Legal News July, 2023, page 39

Filed under: Police State-Surveillance, Immigration Law/Offenses. Location: Colorado.

by Keith Sanders

On February 22, 2023, a Teller County District Judge in Colorado ruled that the county Sheriff’s Office legally entered into an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) that gives the Sheriff’s Office the authority to detain prisoners after they post bond on behalf of ICE. ...

San Francisco DA’s Inaugural Innocence Commission Frees Its First Victim of Wrongful Conviction

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2022 by Keith Sanders published in Criminal Legal News September, 2022, page 47

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction. Location: California.

by Keith Sanders

In April 2022, Joaquin Ciria was exonerated after being wrongfully convicted of killing Felix Bastarrica in 1991. The 61-year-old Ciria, who maintained his innocence from the beginning, became the first person exonerated by a new Innocence Commission under the aegis of now ex-San Francisco District Attorney, Chesa ...