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Tracking SF's trial backlog: nearly 1,000 cases delayed beyond speedy trial deadline, including 120+ people jailed w/o trial.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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@KQED : SFDA’s narcotics lead was quietly appointed as a Fed Prosecutor, referring drug cases to the feds, targeting immigrants for fed arrests at SF courthouse. Public health solutions are needed to address overdoses, not separation of immigrant families.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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@ManoRajuPD @sfstandard Thank you @48hills for covering today's town hall, and pointing out: "So: In an apparent effort to prevent one person from stabbing another, the cops killed both of them." "No cops were ever in any immediate danger."

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Two unhoused men were fighting. The cops killed them both. Why? - 48 hills

SFPD finally provides some data on May 19 shooting—and it raises more questions than answers.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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We join the community in urging the @SFDAOffice to dismiss the charges against the Bay Bridge protesters, who were exercising their First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

@C_Resistance

Critical Resistance

8 months

78 people are facing trumped up charges for the powerful Bay Bridge protest demanding a #CeasefireNOW CR is holding a power hour tomorrow, Wed 12/20, 10AM-12PM PT to flood the DA w/ emails & calls & demand dropping all charges! Please TAKE ACTION & SHARE

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Starting today, the San Quentin outbreak goes on trial. We are fighting to hold the State accountable for violating incarcerated ppl's right to be free from CRUEL & UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT when they caused, & failed to mitigate, a mass covid outbreak at SQ - resulting in 29 deaths.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Our office plans to file a motion for a new trial in this case based on our belief that an @sfchronicle reporter tainted the jury by speaking to numerous jurors prior to deliberation, which is incredibly improper. 1/

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48 Hills

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There are so many problems with the Chronicle’s coverage of the drug crisis in the Tenderloin—and the focus on people from Honduras—that it’s hard to know where to start.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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We @sfdefender join Supervisors @DeanPreston & @HillaryRonen in urging newly appointed DA @BrookeJenkinsSF to maintain the Innocence Commission, created under @chesaboudin . This volunteer body of 5 experts includes public defender @JacqueWilsonPD .

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Luis Flores fought fires while incarcerated and earned parole. CA transferred him to ICE. He went on 2 hunger strikes in ICE detention due to unsafe conditions. @GavinNewsom , pardon Luis and pass the #VISIONAct . 1/

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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It was unconscionable for SF to tow and forfeit vehicles from folks who couldn’t afford to pay parking tickets, and then to pocket the money from selling these vehicles when owners couldn’t pay the additional high cost of reclaiming their vehicles. 1/

@lccrsf

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights SF

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Last Friday, the California Court of Appeal held that San Francisco’s policy of towing lawfully and safely parked vehicles without a warrant, solely due to unpaid parking tickets, violates the California Constitution. Here's our press release:

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Every attorney from our Immigration Unit are headed to #ICE headquarters to ensure detainees have access to counsel. @JeffAdachi will also speak at the rally. #ICEoutofCA #immigration #publicdefense

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

8 months

BREAKING -- SF Jury Acquits Unhoused Man Who Defended Himself Against Death Threats and Bear Spray Attack by Marina District Resident via @sfdefender

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SF Jury Acquits Unhoused Man Who Defended Himself Against Death Threats and Bear Spray Attack by...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 22, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] | Valerie Ibarra, PIO (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** SF Jury Acquits Unhoused Man Who Defended Himself Against …

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

2 years

GREAT NEWS: Salesh Prasad will FINALLY be reunited w/his family after being granted bond from ICE custody. Big congrats to @sfdefender Maddie Boyd & advocates statewide who’ve been fighting to #FreeSal ! We’re still pushing for @GavinNewsom to pardon Sal.1/

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Queer detainee granted bond by immigration judge

Salesh Prasad, a queer and bi man in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, was granted bond by an immigration judge December 5 after a 90-minute hearing at an immigration court in Van Nuys,...

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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SF Public Defender’s Office Rebukes Supervisor Dorsey’s Attack on Due Process and Immigrants @sfdefender @sfbos

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SF Public Defender’s Office Rebukes Supervisor Dorsey’s Attack on Due Process and Immigrants

July 11, 2023 Media Contact: [email protected] **PRESS STATEMENT** SF Public Defender’s Office Rebukes Supervisor Dorsey’s Attack on Due Process and Immigrants SAN FRANCISCO – On…

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

3 years

Why are there ZERO felony trials happening in @SFSuperiorCourt when we have a backlog of HUNDREDS of cases past their trial deadline? This is a crisis being made worse.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Today’s @sfchronicle features an op-ed by a juror who thoughtfully explains why she and most of her fellow jurors voted to acquit an @sfdefender client who is a survivor of human trafficking and was coerced into selling drugs under threat to himself and his family. 1/

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SFChronicle Opinion

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I served as a juror in an S.F. fentanyl case. Here’s why I voted to acquit

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Mistaken identification is one of the leading causes and contributing factors of wrongful convictions. An SF public defender helped this man avoid becoming another troubling statistic. via @sfdefender

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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. @sfdefender is at @sfbos Budget Committee speaking out against the $27M supplemental that SPFD has requested for overtime they claimed they have already worked. Here’s why everyone should be skeptical … 1/

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

7 years

The Constitution is clear that people who are arrested have the right to counsel. ICE is brazenly flouting the law by involuntarily taking detainees from SF to Stockton, away from their families and attorneys. We have demanded ICE allow us immediate access to our clients.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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A year ago, we lost a legendary justice warrior @JeffAdachi but his fight lives on through us. He lit the way and we carry that torch forward. Rest in Power! You’ll always be with us in our pursuit of justice. Love & Respect @sfdefender

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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"The truth is in the data, SFPD continues to stop Black and brown community members at higher rates. It's beyond time that we address this crisis. Pretext stops has long provided legal loophole for harassment and racial profiling." explained @DeanPreston . #EndBiasedStops

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

3 years

Why California’s Gang Enhancement law is broken and why we need #AB333 - a thread.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

2 years

CARE Court is wrong for California. CA must invest in CARE, NOT COURT. This means housing, services, voluntary treatment and using proven interventions. Take Action: @GavinNewsom #carenotcourt

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Take action: We need housing, not forced treatment

Medicating and institutionalizing people against their will was a barbaric practice in our state’s history. We’ve been here before, and we won’t go back.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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We are at the Calif. Judicial Council meeting, speaking truth to power about SF's criminal trial backlog, which has left hundreds languishing in jail months or years past the trial date they're Constitutionally entitled to.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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DA Brooke Jenkins’ office has STILL not reopened SF’s Restorative Justice program, which was “paused” when she took office in Aug. -- despite study after study showing that RJ is more effective at preventing recidivism & increasing victim satisfaction than punitive methods. 1/

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Read about Luis's story and hear from @sfdefender Angela Chan about why the #VISIONAct is needed to help end the abusive practices of double punishment for immigrants:

Immigrants are being released into ICE custody after decades in prison

Advocates are hoping to pass California’s VISION Act to stop the prison-to-deportation pipeline for immigrants and refugees

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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For a healthier city, let's reallocate funds from the police to reinvest in community. Compassionate Alternative Response Team (CART) will help us center care, not criminalization as a response to homelessness. Call into the @sfbos today to support funding and #getCARTrolling !

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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A strong contingent from @sfdefender , many from our Immigration Defense Unit, standing up against attempts to weaken Sanctuary City. #iceoutofca

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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SFPD shooting: “When [he] tried to slowly walk away holding a milk crate in one hand & his duffel bag in the other, police opened fire w/both less-lethal & lethal rounds in quick succession. That’s not de-escalation. That’s an attempt to execute him.” 3/

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Public defender accuses S.F. police of brutality in shooting of man with knife

Richard Everett, 54, was shot and wounded by police during an encounter in the Tenderloin...

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Speak up this Thurs 6/16 for #CARTSF to provide a future of care not criminalization for unhoused residents of San Francisco. Don’t let the city divert money it promised to #GetCARTrolling last year! Sign up for text alerts to make public comment at:

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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@ManoRajuPD @sfstandard @48hills . @MLNow : “The scene is both chaotic & stagnant w/a rush of officers bearing arms… surrounding the 2 victims. The men remain in relatively the same position on the ground between the time the officers appear & …10 minutes later when 4 cops open fire.”

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SFPD releases video of officers shooting, killing two men grappling on ground

At a virtual Town Hall meeting on Friday, the San Francisco Police Department offered little explanation for why four officers last week opened fire on

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Last week, the CA Clemency Coalition (of which we're a proud member) & reps from @CAgovernor , @HSFdn , & @thelibrafound visited 56 individuals at CCWF- the largest women's prison in the world. People we met inside have pending clemency applications and are ready to come home. 1/

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Our client in this case was coerced to sell drugs under threat of serious harm to himself and his family. The CA Legislature created the laws that allow the defense to present such evidence in recognition of just these kinds of cases of exploitation and coercion. 2/

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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The @sfdefender 's office is a strong supporter of the #VISIONAct and we are deeply disappointed CA leaders failed to pass this urgent bill. Here, @ManoRajuPD shares how criminalized communities will continue to be harmed, as well as our hope for the future. #StopICETransfers

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Not even an unlawful arrest can keep a good public defender down! #iamjami #seejustice http://t.co/uR5FydoRFF

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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San Francisco Public Defender Announces the Hiring of Angela Chan, Long-time Immigrant Advocate for the Asian Law Caucus. @sfdefender @angelafchan @ManoRajuPD

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San Francisco Public Defender Announces the Hiring of Angela Chan, Long-time Immigrant Advocate for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 22, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | [email protected] | (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** San Francisco Public Defender Announces the Hiring o…

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Read about our No More Drug War Press Briefing today in @SFChronicle : "Research shows forced treatment is not more effective than voluntary options & drug users are at a far higher risk of dying of an overdose in the 2 weeks after release from jail than the general population."1/

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Mallory Moench

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Public Defender Mano Raju, other critics hit back a week after Mayor Breed and DA Brooke Jenkins touted an uptick in drug enforcement. Community leader Del Seymour urged leaders to work together: “We will never solve our fentanyl problem by being divided."

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Today, @sfbos is hearing Public Comment on the City Budget. Advocate for funding @sfdefender to address the gross lack of parity compared to DA, Police, Sheriff, Probation. Share these moving testimonials from our PDs. The $50M more $$$ for SFPD is more than our entire budget. 1/

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Charges Dropped Against Man Shot Five Times by Police After Prosecutors Determine They Cannot Prove Their Case via @sfdefender 1/

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Charges Dropped Against Man Shot Five Times by Police After Prosecutors Determine They Cannot Prove...

*This press released was updated on 12/21/23 at 2:30pm. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 21, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] **PRESS RELEASE** Charges Dropped Against Man Shot…

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

2 years

Please sign and share the petition to support Sal’s pardon so he’s not deported to a country he left at age 6 where he faces oppression for his LGBTQI identity.

Sign the Petition

Tell Governor Newsom: Pardon Sal and Keep Him Home!

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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#breaking mr. #Humphrey ordered released by judge in landmark #BailReform case!

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

4 years

New Documents Reveal ICE and Private Prison Contractor Exacerbated a COVID Outbreak at Immigration Detention Center @justicenlaughs @sfdefender @ACLU_NorCal @ACLU_SoCal @lccrsf

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New Documents Reveal ICE and Private Prison Contractor Exacerbated a COVID Outbreak at Immigration...

November 11, 2020 PRESS CONTACT: Valerie Ibarra – SF Public Defender’s Office – (628)249-7946 New Documents Reveal ICE and Private Prison Contractor Exacerbates a COVID Outbreak a…

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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REMINDER: Join us tomorrow 10am - Experts from @sfdefender , @SFAIDSFound , @DrugPolicyOrg , @codetenderloin , @HealthRIGHT360 to discuss the history of the war on drugs & make evidence-based recommendations on the current substance use crisis. Watch live on

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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SF Public Defender @ManoRajuPD in today’s front-page @sfexaminer story: “Let’s be clear about who is bearing the brunt of these injustices. These are mostly Black and brown community members enduring these inhumane conditions.”

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SF Examiner

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The backlog comes at a time when the DA’s office has pledged an increase in charges related to drugs and violent crime in The City.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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The @sfstandard shows officer’s injured pinky vs. Mr. Lugo’s fractured & swollen face. Interviewed @sfdefender Alexandra Pray.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

5 years

@poolroombum @AllanIchan @bryanccarmody @Acosta @yashar @LondonBreed @SFPDChief We do not support the raid. Please read our full statement here:

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

2 years

“As someone who’s had a family member who was arrested for a crime he did not commit, there is nothing more gratifying than seeing someone who’s been wrongfully convicted be released.” - @JacqueWilsonPD

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

4 years

ACTION ALERT @CalCourts voting btwn now & 4pm Wed. whether to end the emergency $0 bail created to protect public health. W/a raging pandemic & millions of Americans protesting police brutality, now is NOT the time to jail more ppl for low-level offenses & exercising their rights

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

5 years

Honoring @JeffAdachi with a new street! Gilbert St. btwn Bryant/Brannan becomes “Jeff Adachi Way” tomorrow Wed 2/26. Gather at 11:45. Program at 12pm. Ends at 12:15.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

7 years

SF public defender announces plan to challenge bail in every criminal case

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The San Francisco Examiner is the city's source for breaking news, local coverage and investigative journalism.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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@ManoRajuPD @sfstandard Here's the response from our @sfdefender office upon viewing the SFPD town hall held this afternoon.

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San Francisco Public Defender’s Office Condemns SFPD Killing of Two Men, Including Former Client...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 27, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | [email protected] | (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** San Francisco Public Defender’s Office Condemns SF…

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Veteran journalist Tim Redmond of @48hills questions ethics of @sfchronicle reporter who talked to jurors before they deliberated & secretly recorded closing arguments, causing a disruption during a drug trial. /6

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The Chron's coverage of drugs and Honduras gets into the courtroom—and trouble - 48 hills

Reporters talk to jurors during trial; public defender seeking a new trial. The dangerous media narrative remains.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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California prisons are sites of violence, stigma & discrimination against trans & queer people. @GavinNewsom has the authority to free LGBTQ people from systems of violence, and we urge him to do so. #MeTooBehindBars #TimesUp 4/

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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We sat-in for our rights at our Fourth Summer Sit-In to #EndTrialDelays in San Francisco. We read from the Bill of Rights and called out the court for violating the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial for over 1,100 people. @sfdefender

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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We’re at City Hall w/a broad coalition urging @SFPDCommission to vote YES tonight on the most comprehensive policy in the country to address the harms caused by racially-biased traffic stops. WATCH LIVE on 1/

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Today, CA Senate will likely vote on the #HOMEAct #AB1306 ( @wendycarrillo ). Read this timely OpEd by retired Judge LeDoris Cordell re: why Californians who've earned release from prison due to new laws should not be cruelly transferred to ICE for detention & deportation.

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L.A. Times Opinion

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Opinion: Why are California prisons helping ICE deport immigrants who have served their time? (via @latimesopinion )

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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. @ManoRajuPD ,"Public safety means protecting the most vulnerable. Preventing police from profiling Black & brown communities for driving, walking, and bicycling IS about public safety. We have to start recognizing the harm this causes to families and children." #EndBiasedStops

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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ICE wants to deport our client, a young father, BEFORE his motion to reconsider is heard in court — but he faces serious threats in El Salvador. We’ve filed an emergency order in federal court to stop his deportation. @sfdefender @PangeaLegal

SF Public Defender and Pangea Legal Services File Emergency Motion to Stop Deportation of a Young...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 26, 2021 MEDIA CONTACTS: San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, (628) 249-7946, [email protected] Sean Lai McMahon, Pangea Legal Services, (415) 471-0…

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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1/⏰The countdown has begun. Governor @GavinNewsom has a little over ONE week left to sign urgent criminal justice reform bills. Here are a few of our priority bills we're keeping our eyes on ⬇️

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Proud to be tipping the scales. AB 333 by @sydneykamlager is one step on the path to justice as we fight to ensure people aren’t criminalized because of their race, where they live, or who they know. @YoungWomenFree @svdebug @pillars_the @AntiRecidivism @NextGen_Policy

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Emily Galvin-Almanza

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For years, CA's STEP act created a nightmarish, separate system of laws--no justice--for people of color. @sydneykamlager has now brought legislation to begin tipping the scales back, and I am glad to have had a chance to weigh in on it here.

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Great news! #AB881 , #BeTheJuryCA , which our office is co-sponsoring, passed through the Senate Public Safety Committee with unanimous, bipartisan support! This bill, authored by @AsmPhilTing , increases diversity by raising juror pay for qualified jurors. 1/

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Transgender ppl in CA prisons experience sexual assault at 13x the rate of other incarcerated ppl. Further, incarcerated TGI ppl are targeted for torture in the form of solitary confinement. @GavinNewsom , prisons are anti-trans. We urge you to grant #ClemencyNow ! 3/

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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This #PrideMonth , you can support trans immigrants by urging @GavinNewsom to stop the transfer of Salvadoran trans survivor Nataly into the dangers of ICE detention & deportation. #NoPrideInICE 1/

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Read this thread from @nikisolisSF on the reality of being an @sfdefender helping the community stay safe. We need funding parity in SF for justice and to carry out more of this truly life-changing advocacy!

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NikiS

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Recently, I was the on-call attorney fielding calls for 2 weeks straight for all youth arrested in San Francisco. Including weekends. The phone is with me 24/7 accompanied by its charger & an embarrassing 1990 leather fanny pack that should only be worn by someone with a mullet.

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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SF Trial Backlog: “Courts are not above the law. We believe the S.F. Superior Court violated clear California Supreme Court precedent by needlessly leaving usable courtrooms empty while people sat in jail without trial.” 2/

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State Supreme Court to decide whether S.F. courts can be sued for COVID closures

The state Supreme Court will decide whether San Francisco’s courts can be sued by the...

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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We bashed back against @SFSuperiorCourt ’s speedy trial violations in our 3rd Summer Sit-In to #EndTrialDelays . In honor of PRIDE & in solidarity w/the Trans March, this week was co-hosted by the @sfpublicdefender LGBTQ Affinity Group repped by @sfdefender Jared Rudolph.

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Everyone accused of a crime is guaranteed the constitutional right to a speedy trial. @SFSuperiorCourt has adopted a cruel practice of delaying trials, leaving people languishing in jail indefinitely while awaiting trial. Join the rally to #OpenTheCourts & #FreeOurPeople !

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Labor trafficking is real and is unfortunately poorly understood. Learn more:

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Today, we honor incarcerated fathers who are caught up in a dehumanizing legal system and are dearly missed by their loved ones. And we appreciate our #PublicDefender fathers who fight the injustice of the dehumanizing legal system every single day.

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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“We know that Black people are the most overrepresented when it comes to people who are policed, prosecuted, & caged in this country. But we’re the most underrepresented when it comes those who play a critical part in deciding what happens in criminal cases.” @BrendonWoodsPD

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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New Harvard @Kennedy_School research on pretrial electronic monitoring (EM) in SF finds that: “EM, like incarceration itself, reproduces inequalities by race and class and prevents participants from becoming full members of society.” 1/

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Harvard Kennedy School

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As the debate on pretrial electronic monitoring heats up, new research by HKS’s Sandra Susan Smith examines its effect on individuals

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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How easy is it to get on a gang injunction? @JeffAdachi ’s client wrote rap lyrics and went to two memorial services for men with gang ties. He landed on the list. #endtheSanFranciscoganginjunctions

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Sal Prasad spent 27 yrs in prison healing himself & helping others, then was cruelly transferred into ICE custody after earning parole. Now, he may be deported to a country he left at age 6. Read Sal’s story in his own words in @eBARnews .

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Guest Opinion: Let’s not forget about LGBTQ immigrants in ICE detention

There’s a suffocating bleakness to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, detention. We are locked inside 20 hours a day.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Thx to @sfdefender Integrity Unit chief @bcoxsfpubdef and @ACLU_Norcal ’s @yoel_haile for speaking today about the link between police traffic stops and the trial court backlog, at our 5th Summer Sit-In demonstration to #EndTrialDelays in @SFSuperiorCourt .

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Video of Deputy Public Defender Jami Tillotson's unlawful arrest as she tried to protect her client's rights: http://t.co/ZJxR3Dfzcr

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Today, in an ongoing case to protect our client, Willian, a federal judge took ICE to task for its plans to deport Willian before his motion to reopen can be decided by the Board of Immigration Appeals. @sfdefender @PangeaLegal 1/

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

2 years

“None of our resources should be used to collude with ICE.” Sarah Lee @the_ILRC #iceoutofca

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

8 years

Apologies to the Officer Buckley whose photo we mistook for the cop with same name who alleg. perjured himself in fed court. Photo is down.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

1 year

We’re proud to have filed an amicus brief to support this successful challenge to SF’s warrantless tows and forfeitures of vehicles, which violate the Fourth Amendment and due process. 2/

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

10 months

Jury Acquits Unhoused Man Who Defended Himself Against Repeated Threats by an Inebriated Pedestrian via @sfdefender

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Jury Acquits Unhoused Man Who Defended Himself Against Repeated Threats by an Inebriated Pedestrian

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 13, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | [email protected] | Valerie Ibarra (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** Jury Acquits Unhoused Man Who Def…

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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Last night we packed the house at Manny’s for a sneak preview of the “Judging Juries” film (Abby Ginzberg) & discussion abt. the importance of more diverse juries, which we can do w/ #AB881 ( @AsmPhilTing ) #BeTheJuryCA , awaiting @GavinNewsom ’s signature. 1/

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Judging Juries _ October 3, 2023

A panel of San Francisco leaders gathered at cafe and performance venue Manny’s for the sneak preview of “Judging Juries” — a new documentary by Peabody Awar...

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

8 years

Rape kit backlog results in lawsuits against police departments

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

2 years

We look forward to being part of this action tomorrow to defend & preserve San Francisco’s Sanctuary Ordinance.

@FreeSFCoalition

Free SF

@FreeSFCoalition

2 years

Defend Sanctuary in SF! Join us on 2/28 for a Rally (12 pm) & Public Comments (4 pm) to ensure we uphold our values of equality, inclusion, and safety for all. #ICEoutofSF

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

5 years

Eat a cookie. Go to jail? Kicked out of treatment for eating a cookie without asking; Drug Court said he could start over, but that came w/ a 30-day blackout (=no family contact). Alternative? 6mos jail. He chose jail. Now isolated 23hrs/day.

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Drug Court Derails SF Man’s Recovery for Eating a Cookie.

When an SF man was kicked out of a residential treatment program for taking a cookie without asking, Drug Court gave him two choices, go back and start all over again or spend six months in county …

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

4 years

This event will feature the remarkable Francisco Ugarte @FcoSFPubDef - Managing Attorney of our Immigration Unit at @sfdefender

@LegalAidAtWork

Legal Aid at Work

@LegalAidAtWork

4 years

JOIN US for the next @LegalAidAtWork & @BerkeleyLaw Summer (Remote) Speaker Series tomorrow, 7/29 at 12pm PT: "Crimmigration: Trapped in Two Systems." Speakers: - Kathy Brady, @the_ILRC - Francisco Ugarte, Immigration Defense Unit, @sfdefender Register:

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

5 years

We did it in San Francisco with @sfdefender Patti Lee leading the charge for the "Jeff Adachi Youth Rights" - guaranteed right to counsel - before interrogation or before waiving Miranda rights - for youth up to 17yo. We can do it around the country to protect our young people.

@GaultCenter

The Gault Center

5 years

Please share with your networks to help raise aware Please share this with your networks to help ensure that all youth are afforded the right to counsel at interrogation. #DefendChildren #YJAM #TreatKidsLikeKids

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

2 years

Starting NOW - Experts from @sfdefender , @SFAIDSFound , @DrugPolicyOrg , @codetenderloin , @HealthRIGHT360 discussing the history of the war on drugs & making evidence-based recommendations on the current substance use crisis. Watch live on 1/

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San Francisco Public Defender's Office

San Francisco Public Defender's Office. 3,420 likes · 4 talking about this. Our mission is to protect and defend the rights of our indigent clients through effective, vigorous, compassionate, and...

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

7 years

#JayZSF @jeffadachi and #SFyouth from our MAGIC program are asking @S_C_ to bring his his criminal justice reform platform to SF next week when his #444Tour hits the Bay Area! @Beyonce @RocNation @johnlegend @common @JAY_Z_Daily

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

1 year

“The open question is, how [far/wide] is this practice in SFPD? It’s fair to question whether that officer’s in a league w/others & if this is a common practice. If it is, it undermines all the work that [SFPD] has put in under the [CRI].” @sfstandard 4/

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Are San Francisco Police Officers Misreporting the Races of People They Stop?

It echoes a ticketing scandal in CT that undermined curbing racial profiling.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

5 years

CA law (SB 1421) made records of police shootings public. On-duty or off-duty should not matter. We continue to push for the release of records in SF, which have trickled out at glacier speed since 1421 went into effect over a year ago! Transparency+Accountability =>trust/safety

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Danielle Harris

@DaniMargoHarris

5 years

Off-duty SFPD shot at a guy; didn’t see a weapon but who knows maybe he did have a weapon. In September. Still receiving full pay. Covered up despite 13-month old law declaring it a matter of public record.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

11 months

The @DavisVanguard reported on Tuesday's panel where city leaders agreed that #AB881 #BeTheJuryCA is a necessary step to reach just outcomes in criminal trials.

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San Francisco Panelists Endorse Measure to Increase Juror Participation, Pay Jurors More – Awaiting...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A panel of San Francisco leaders Tuesday endorsed a...

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

1 year

Despite @SFChronicle ’s recent sensationalistic headlines on fentanyl, its Editorial Board concluded what drug experts have long said: We need “robust substance use treatment & social services” to properly address SF's pub health crisis.

@sfc_opinions

SFChronicle Opinion

1 year

Deporting Honduran migrants won’t solve S.F.’s drug crisis. The Chronicle’s investigation shows why

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

4 years

San Francisco becomes first county in the nation to offer free calls to jail inmates

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

2 years

The movement to #StopICETransfers is led by system-impacted leaders like our client Salesh Prasad who was transferred from CDCR to ICE after working tirelessly to earn his release. He has now tragically been in ICE custody for over one year. ▶️

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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The criminal punishment system failed to help Troy McAlister at every point of contact. Now he faces prosecution from @BrookeJenkinsSF who broke the law to exploit him & this tragedy to undo decades of reform. 1/ @guardian @SamTLevin

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‘It was the perfect storm’: the fatal crash that changed criminal justice in San Francisco

In 2020, Troy McAlister ran into two women while on parole, fueling a campaign to undo reforms. Three years later, the city faces the fallout

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@SamTLevin

Sam Levin

6 months

NEW: my deep dive into the case of Troy McAlister, whose 2020 car crash changed the course of criminal justice in San Francisco. I spent time with McAlister + the families of victims Hanako Abe + Elizabeth Platt to discuss the fallout three years later:

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

2 years

. @SFPDCommission meeting has begun! Former Police chief from Fayetteville, NC Harold Medlock explains that after limiting racially-biased stops, crime went down across the board. He told his officers to “fish off duty, not while they are on duty!” #EndBiasedStops

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

4 years

Danielle Harris @danimargo from @sfdefender will be joining this press conference at 1pm - as health experts and advocates update the public on the COVID outbreak at San Quentin and other state prisons, and what can be done about it. Livestream on @ellabakercenter 's FB page.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

3 years

Welcome to the #OpenSFCourts Twitter Town Hall. Today we will be asking a series of questions to demand @SFSuperiorCourt to stop violating #speedytrial rights! We invite folks to participate by responding to the questions and using #OpenSFCourts & #JailedWithoutTrial !

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

1 year

The SFPD has justified its request by consistently pointing to “severe staffing shortages.” This self-assessment is based on experts SFPD pays to say it needs more officers, but has been rightfully challenged by experts not paid by the SFPD. 2/

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Is the San Francisco Police Department actually understaffed? Here’s what the data shows

A new report from the San Francisco Police Department says they don’t have enough...

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

2 years

. @ManoRajuPD spoke with @48hills to caution against backsliding into the war on drugs, which can harm community health.

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SF DA seeks return to the failed approach of the War on Drugs - 48 hills

A new crackdown on small-time dealers makes no sense—and it can't possibly work.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

1 year

San Franciscans should be skeptical of devoting more resources to a dept that is paid more but works fewer hours, receives generous annual pay raises, and last year received a $50M budget increase last fiscal year. Here are several more reasons why…3/

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SFPD Pay Millions More For Officers To Work Fewer Hours—Why?

San Francisco Police Department spent more on staff in 2022 than previous years—but the number of hours they worked dropped.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

1 year

@SFDefender Immigration Unit head Francisco Ugarte wrote a powerful op-ed that upends conventional wisdom about how drugs get into the U.S. and explores the rot within the agency policing the border. It’s time to talk about how Border Patrol is part of the problem.

@48hills

48 Hills

1 year

If Department of Homeland Security Director Alejandro Mayorkas were being honest with the American people, he would have to acknowledge his own agency’s extensive involvement in drug trafficking.

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@sfdefender

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

2 years

More than 750 individuals are waiting past their Constitutionally mandated right to a trial, 180 of whom are caged in SF jail months, even years past their trial deadlines.

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