The Vanguard hosted its 9th annual fundraiser event, featuring speakers who addressed how the prosecution system needs to be reformed.

President of the National Lawyers’ Guild Elizabeth Kim, Yolo County Deputy Public Defender and American Civil Liberties Union speaker Dean Johansson, and American Justice Alliance representative Rajendra Vora shared some words to begin the event.

Johansson stated that the prosecution system should aim to “educate, not incarcerate” and the public should grow to understand why uncontested prosecutorial races can be an issue.

Vora, on behalf of the group working with Anand Jon Alexander in the face of his wrongful conviction, shared how Anand’s case had “disturbing red flags for justice,” including judicial misconduct and race demonization from prosecutors, including withholding excpulpatory evidence of innocence for over ten years.