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Wrongful conviction sets DA on new path

Thank you Mountain Democrat for taking the time to share this story. Itโ€™s an honest look at how lessons from a wrongful conviction can drive change. El Dorado County has settled with Ricky Leo Davis, the man wrongfully convicted of a brutal murder in El Dorado Hills...

๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐•๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ ๐•๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ On September 29, 2025, after hearing the homeownersโ€™ impact statement, Judge Ralphs sentenced Alan Richard Mann to two years of formal probation and ordered him to serve 180 days in jail. Mann was also...

๐„๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ฑ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ

๐„๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ณ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ฑ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ Placerville, CA โ€“ October 6, 2025 โ€“ On October 3, 2025, El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Vicki Ashworth sentenced 30-year-old Joseph Marquez to 12 years in state prison following...

๐Ÿ’œ Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2025 ๐Ÿ’œ

๐Ÿ’œ Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2025 ๐Ÿ’œ At the El Dorado County District Attorneyโ€™s Office, we will continue to work tirelessly to hold those who commit these crimes accountable and pursue justice on behalf of victims. The theme this year is: โ€” With Survivors,...

El Dorado County DA announces 21st arrest in cartel gang bust

โ€œOperations like this show what happens when local law enforcement, state agencies, and our federal partners work side by side,โ€ District Attorney Vern Pierson said. โ€œCartel gun runners and drug traffickers will find no refuge in El Dorado County. We will continue to...