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San Francisco D.A. Announces Post Conviction Unit, Innocence Commission to Investigate Wrong Convictions, Sentences

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|Date: September 17, 2020
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San Francisco D.A. Announces Post Conviction Unit, Innocence Commission to Investigate Wrong Convictions, Sentences

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday the formation of an “Inno ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday the formation of an “Innocence Commission” and “Post-Conviction Unit” to investigate wrongful convictions and sentences ...

September 17, 2020
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Reformer DAs Form Prosecutor’s Alliance as Alternative to California DA’s Association

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|Date: September 16, 2020
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Reformer DAs Form Prosecutor’s Alliance as Alternative to California DA’s Association

by David M. Greenwald Earlier this year, San Joaquin County DA Tori Verber Salazar made national news by ...

by David M. Greenwald Earlier this year, San Joaquin County DA Tori Verber Salazar made national news by announcing her resignation from the California’s DA’s Association (CDAA). On Tuesday, she was ...

September 16, 2020
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SF Medical Examiner Lab Analyst Arrested with Evidence Bag of Meth

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|Date: September 12, 2020
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SF Medical Examiner Lab Analyst Arrested with Evidence Bag of Meth

By Julietta Bisharyan SAN FRANCISCO - A forensic laboratory analyst for the San Francisco Medical Exam ...

By Julietta Bisharyan SAN FRANCISCO - A forensic laboratory analyst for the San Francisco Medical Examiner Office has been arrested and charged after he was allegedly caught driving in Utah with me ...

September 12, 2020
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San Francisco Supporters of Proposition D: Sheriff Oversight Measure Begins Campaign

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|Date: September 12, 2020
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San Francisco Supporters of Proposition D: Sheriff Oversight Measure Begins Campaign

By Nick Domenici SAN FRANCISCO – Since the uproar over racial inequality and systematic injustices attrib ...

By Nick Domenici SAN FRANCISCO – Since the uproar over racial inequality and systematic injustices attributed to the unjust killings of Michael Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and many others acros ...

September 12, 2020
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My View: Is Reisig Starting to Try to Shift to the Middle? We Think Not

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2020
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My View: Is Reisig Starting to Try to Shift to the Middle? We Think Not

By David M. Greenwald A few weeks ago Jonathan Raven, the Chief Deputy DA in the Yolo County DA’s Office, ...

By David M. Greenwald A few weeks ago Jonathan Raven, the Chief Deputy DA in the Yolo County DA’s Office, wrote a piece published in the Davis and Woodland newspapers, “Progressive evolution can take ...

September 05, 2020
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SF DA Calls Measure to Pay Health Costs for Victims of Police Brutality ‘Urgent’

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|Date: August 23, 2020
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SF DA Calls Measure to Pay Health Costs for Victims of Police Brutality ‘Urgent’

By Pavan Potti SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco District Attorney Chelsea Boudin has been actively promoting ...

By Pavan Potti SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco District Attorney Chelsea Boudin has been actively promoting Assembly Bill 767, a measure sponsored by Assemblymember Tim Grayson (D-North Bay), which woul ...

August 23, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Reisig Is Not Putting Forward a Reform Agenda

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|Date: August 16, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Reisig Is Not Putting Forward a Reform Agenda

by David M. Greenwald It has been two years since both the Davis Enterprise and Sacramento Bee declared t ...

by David M. Greenwald It has been two years since both the Davis Enterprise and Sacramento Bee declared that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig was one of if not the most progressive prosecutor in the state. ...

August 16, 2020
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Boudin and Other Progressive Prosecutors Push to Limit Ability of DAs to Accept Money from Police Unions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2020
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Boudin and Other Progressive Prosecutors Push to Limit Ability of DAs to Accept Money from Police Unions

In the wake of high profile officer-involved killings and the perceived cozy relationship between prosecu ...

In the wake of high profile officer-involved killings and the perceived cozy relationship between prosecutors and police unions, four of the leading reformers in California—Diana Becton, Contra Costa ...

August 12, 2020
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Four Prosecutors Announce Co-Sponsorship of AB 767 Supporting Victims of Police Violence

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|Date: August 08, 2020
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Four Prosecutors Announce Co-Sponsorship of AB 767 Supporting Victims of Police Violence

The events surrounding the death of George Floyd have led to a number of police reform bills to be introd ...

The events surrounding the death of George Floyd have led to a number of police reform bills to be introduced in the state legislature this term. That includes legislation that would allow the victim ...

August 08, 2020
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Savit’s Victory in Michigan, Gardner in St. Louis, Are the Latest in the String of Wins for Reformer DAs

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|Date: August 06, 2020
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Savit’s Victory in Michigan, Gardner in St. Louis, Are the Latest in the String of Wins for Reformer DAs

In 2018 for the first time there was a real emphasis to challenge incumbent DAs with progressive reformer ...

In 2018 for the first time there was a real emphasis to challenge incumbent DAs with progressive reformers—the result for the most part was not a lot of success. Justice reform organizations put a lo ...

August 06, 2020
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Commentary: Yolo DA’s Office Takes to Fox News to Push Agenda

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2020
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Commentary: Yolo DA’s Office Takes to Fox News to Push Agenda

Remember when the Yolo DA was touted by local media as being one of the most progressive in the state? Th ...

Remember when the Yolo DA was touted by local media as being one of the most progressive in the state? That seemed like just two years ago. But now Assistant Chief Deputy DA Melinda Aiello once again ...

August 05, 2020
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SF District Attorney: Why Police Officers with Prior Misconduct Shouldn’t Be Trusted

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|Date: July 28, 2020
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SF District Attorney: Why Police Officers with Prior Misconduct Shouldn’t Be Trusted

By Ayanna Gandhi SAN FRANCISCO – Chesa Boudin, San Francisco District Attorney, wrote an article for the ...

By Ayanna Gandhi SAN FRANCISCO – Chesa Boudin, San Francisco District Attorney, wrote an article for the New York Times on July 27, 2020, explaining why “[w]e shouldn’t trust the reports of officers w ...

July 28, 2020
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CA District Attorneys Urge End to Conflict of Interest between Prosecutors and Police

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|Date: July 25, 2020
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CA District Attorneys Urge End to Conflict of Interest between Prosecutors and Police

By Elizabeth Cho Four California district attorneys wrote a letter to the Chair and Interim Executive Dir ...

By Elizabeth Cho Four California district attorneys wrote a letter to the Chair and Interim Executive Director of the California State Bar in June, proposing that prosecutors should be banned from acc ...

July 25, 2020
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DA Boudin and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Discuss Police Reforms and Explain Defunding Police

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|Date: July 24, 2020
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DA Boudin and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Discuss Police Reforms and Explain Defunding Police

The issue of defunding the police has drawn a lot of attention but also a lot of confusion. At the Commo ...

The issue of defunding the police has drawn a lot of attention but also a lot of confusion. At the Commonwealth Club on Thursday evening, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin and Boston area representative ...

July 24, 2020
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SF DA’s Office Files Charges against Sheriff’s Deputy

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|Date: July 22, 2020
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SF DA’s Office Files Charges against Sheriff’s Deputy

Sheriff’s Deputy Carried an Illegal Assault Weapon in His Backpack into City Hall When Chesa Boudin ran f ...

Sheriff’s Deputy Carried an Illegal Assault Weapon in His Backpack into City Hall When Chesa Boudin ran for district attorney he vowed to make the results of his charging decisions public, and he vowe ...

July 22, 2020
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Legislation Introduced That Would End Mandatory Incarceration for Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2020
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Legislation Introduced That Would End Mandatory Incarceration for Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Under current law, certain drug offenses in California carry with them mandatory jail and prison sentence ...

Under current law, certain drug offenses in California carry with them mandatory jail and prison sentences. On Monday, Senator Scott Wiener along with co-sponsor Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo announc ...

July 21, 2020
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San Francisco DA Looks to Resentence Incarcerated People under New State Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2020
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San Francisco DA Looks to Resentence Incarcerated People under New State Law

Ten days ago, legislators and reformers gathered at San Quentin to call for Governor Newsom to release pr ...

Ten days ago, legislators and reformers gathered at San Quentin to call for Governor Newsom to release prisoners in following recommendations from public health experts to stem the rampant outbreak of ...

July 20, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Prisons Are Overwhelmed with COVID-19 – Why Aren’t Governors Doing More?

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|Date: July 18, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Prisons Are Overwhelmed with COVID-19 – Why Aren’t Governors Doing More?

How governors respond to this pandemic will define their legacy. They all face a choice: save lives in pr ...

How governors respond to this pandemic will define their legacy. They all face a choice: save lives in prisons now, or hand down potential death sentences with their inaction and watch harm ripple thr ...

July 18, 2020
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35 Prosecutors Call on Governors to Reduce Prison Populations to Limit COVID-19

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|Date: July 17, 2020
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35 Prosecutors Call on Governors to Reduce Prison Populations to Limit COVID-19

On Friday, 35 elected prosecutors representing over 31 million people across the country issued an open l ...

On Friday, 35 elected prosecutors representing over 31 million people across the country issued an open letter to governors, calling upon them to dramatically reduce state prison populations to mitiga ...

July 17, 2020
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Firm that Offers Sex-Offender Background Checks Didn’t Do What Promised, Pays $1 Million in Civil Penalties and Restitution (Update at 11 am)

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 15, 2020
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Firm that Offers Sex-Offender Background Checks Didn’t Do What Promised, Pays $1 Million in Civil Penalties and Restitution (Update at 11 am)

By Dominique Kato SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced here Monday that ...

By Dominique Kato SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced here Monday that a company that in the course of providing a range of domestic services from child care to hous ...

July 15, 2020
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