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SF Public Defender Elected to a Full Term in Office

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|Date: November 11, 2022
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SF Public Defender Elected to a Full Term in Office

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – On Tuesday, Mano Raju was overwhelmingly elected to his first ...

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – On Tuesday, Mano Raju was overwhelmingly elected to his first four-year term as public defender. In 2019, he was appointed by Mayor London Breed after the ...

November 11, 2022
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Activists Join with SF Public Defender to Denounce DA’s Youth Policy

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|Date: October 25, 2022
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Activists Join with SF Public Defender to Denounce DA’s Youth Policy

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The Young Women’s Freedom Center, San Francisc ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The Young Women’s Freedom Center, San Francisco Young Democrats, and the Coleman Advocates on Monday along with elected Public Defender Mano ...

October 25, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecuting Overdoses As Murder Likely to Make the Problem Worse Policy Experts Believe

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|Date: October 17, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecuting Overdoses As Murder Likely to Make the Problem Worse Policy Experts Believe

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco appointed DA Brooke Jenkins seem ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco appointed DA Brooke Jenkins seems to believe that she can succeed where others have failed by reinstituting the war on drugs. L ...

October 17, 2022
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SF Public Defender, Drug Policy Experts Push against War on Drugs Approach

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|Date: October 13, 2022
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SF Public Defender, Drug Policy Experts Push against War on Drugs Approach

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – With the appointed DA and others pushing for m ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – With the appointed DA and others pushing for more aggressive enforcement and prosecution of drug dealers and users, on Wednesday, elected San ...

October 13, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Why Mano Raju Deserves to Be Re-elected San Francisco Public Defender

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|Date: October 09, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Why Mano Raju Deserves to Be Re-elected San Francisco Public Defender

By Matt Gonzalez I have been closely associated with the San Francisco Public Defender office for over th ...

By Matt Gonzalez I have been closely associated with the San Francisco Public Defender office for over three decades, including serving for the past decade as the chief attorney of the office. I am pr ...

October 09, 2022
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SF Public Defender Announces Jury Win for Man Who Acted in Self Defense, Criticizes Courts Again

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|Date: October 05, 2022
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SF Public Defender Announces Jury Win for Man Who Acted in Self Defense, Criticizes Courts Again

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA - San Francisco prosecutors announced Sept. 8 they have dismissed ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA - San Francisco prosecutors announced Sept. 8 they have dismissed all charges against 32-year-old Nelson Hernandez-DeLeon, who his public defender said “acted i ...

October 05, 2022
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Mock Trial Protest Held to Highlight SF Court’s Violation of Speedy Trial Provision of Constitution Amid Crippling Backlog

Posted by Kacie Williams
|Date: October 02, 2022
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Mock Trial Protest Held to Highlight SF Court’s Violation of Speedy Trial Provision of Constitution Amid Crippling Backlog

By Kacie Williams SAN FRANCISCO, CA - At a Hall of Justice courthouse protest last month, the San Francis ...

By Kacie Williams SAN FRANCISCO, CA - At a Hall of Justice courthouse protest last month, the San Francisco Public Defender's Office and community members, with Board of Supervisors members Hillary Ro ...

October 02, 2022
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DA Jenkins Announced Policy to Seek Pre-Trial Detention for Suspected Drug Dealers

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|Date: September 30, 2022
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DA Jenkins Announced Policy to Seek Pre-Trial Detention for Suspected Drug Dealers

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Appointed SF DA Brooke Jenkins continues to do ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Appointed SF DA Brooke Jenkins continues to double down on a war on drugs pose as her office announced on Thursday that it will seek pre-tria ...

September 30, 2022
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SF Public Defenders and Community Hold Mock Trial to Indict the Court for Violating Speedy Trial Rights Amid Crippling Backlog

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|Date: September 17, 2022
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SF Public Defenders and Community Hold Mock Trial to Indict the Court for Violating Speedy Trial Rights Amid Crippling Backlog

Public Defenders filed motions for release for a dozen clients languishing in jail & a batch of motio ...

Public Defenders filed motions for release for a dozen clients languishing in jail & a batch of motions to dismiss cases beyond trial deadlines Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – The San ...

September 17, 2022
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SF City Attorney Finally Dismisses Tenderloin Injunctions

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|Date: September 10, 2022
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SF City Attorney Finally Dismisses Tenderloin Injunctions

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Nearly two years after former San Francisco Ci ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Nearly two years after former San Francisco City Attorney, Dennis Herrera, filed civil injunctions to ban individuals from the Tenderloin und ...

September 10, 2022
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging SF Sheriff’s Unconstitutional Search and Surveillance Conditions for Pretrial Electronic Monitoring

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|Date: September 09, 2022
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging SF Sheriff’s Unconstitutional Search and Surveillance Conditions for Pretrial Electronic Monitoring

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – As a matter of U.S. and California constitutional law, only a ...

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – As a matter of U.S. and California constitutional law, only a court may determine the conditions of release on electronic monitoring that are reasonable und ...

September 09, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Jenkins’ Bail Policy Reignites Debate Over Pretrial Detention

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Jenkins’ Bail Policy Reignites Debate Over Pretrial Detention

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – This week, San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins att ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – This week, San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins attempted to seize a mantle of reform when she issued her position on cash bail. But the policy w ...

August 28, 2022
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Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Opposes New Bail Policies Set Forth by DA

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|Date: August 26, 2022
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Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Opposes New Bail Policies Set Forth by DA

By Mano Raju Even before District Attorney Jenkins issued this policy, we’ve seen her office expand the u ...

By Mano Raju Even before District Attorney Jenkins issued this policy, we’ve seen her office expand the use of money bail to detain people accused of misdemeanors, and we are concerned that more of ou ...

August 26, 2022
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My View: Gascón Explains Why Crackdown in the Tenderloin Won’t Work

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2022
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My View: Gascón Explains Why Crackdown in the Tenderloin Won’t Work

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week newly-appointed San Francisco District Attorney Brooke J ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week newly-appointed San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that her office was rescinding plea offers to at least 30 people facing misdem ...

August 06, 2022
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New SF DA Announces She’s Rescinding Drug Pleas; Public Defender Warns Policies Will Worsen Community Health Outcomes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 04, 2022
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New SF DA Announces She’s Rescinding Drug Pleas; Public Defender Warns Policies Will Worsen Community Health Outcomes

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Critics are concerned that newly-appointed San ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Critics are concerned that newly-appointed San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins is reigniting the failed war on drugs. On Wednesday, she announce ...

August 04, 2022
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After DA Boudin Recall, SF Public Defender Pledges Commitment to ‘Advocating for System-Impacted Community Members’

Posted by Jaanvi Kaur
|Date: June 16, 2022
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After DA Boudin Recall, SF Public Defender Pledges Commitment to ‘Advocating for System-Impacted Community Members’

By Jaanvi Kaur SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Post the successful recall last week of San Francisco District Attorne ...

By Jaanvi Kaur SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Post the successful recall last week of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, SF Public Defender Mano Raju, according to a series of tweets, pledged the PD O ...

June 16, 2022
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Court Summarily Denies Public Defender Suit for Speedy Trials in San Francisco Court (Updated)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2022
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Court Summarily Denies Public Defender Suit for Speedy Trials in San Francisco Court (Updated)

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last week a Contra County Superior Court judge ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last week a Contra County Superior Court judge summarily denied a writ of mandate filed by San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju among othe ...

May 17, 2022
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Coalition Urges San Francisco Police Commission to End Racially-Biased Pretext Stops

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 12, 2022
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Coalition Urges San Francisco Police Commission to End Racially-Biased Pretext Stops

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Ahead of a Police Commission meeting set for W ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Ahead of a Police Commission meeting set for Wednesday night, a coalition of leaders called for an end to racially biased traffic stops, also ...

May 12, 2022
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SF Launches ‘Be The Jury’ Pilot Program on Monday to Compensate Low-Income Jurors $100 a Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2022
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SF Launches ‘Be The Jury’ Pilot Program on Monday to Compensate Low-Income Jurors $100 a Day

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – A program that is the first of its kind in California that wi ...

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – A program that is the first of its kind in California that will remove barriers to serving on a jury and increase economic and racial diversity of juries la ...

March 04, 2022
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SF Public Defender Calls for the Immediate Destruction and Independent Investigation of Illegal DNA Database

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|Date: February 19, 2022
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SF Public Defender Calls for the Immediate Destruction and Independent Investigation of Illegal DNA Database

By Vanguard Staff San Francisco, CA – This week it came to light that the San Francisco Police Crime Lab ...

By Vanguard Staff San Francisco, CA – This week it came to light that the San Francisco Police Crime Lab has been using an illegally created database—compiled with DNA collected from people alleging s ...

February 19, 2022
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