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Letter: Recommendations for Reducing the Prison Population and Protecting People in California Prisons

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|Date: July 10, 2020
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Letter: Recommendations for Reducing the Prison Population and Protecting People in California Prisons

by Mano Raju This is an immeasurably difficult time. With 2,419 incarcerated persons with active cases of ...

by Mano Raju This is an immeasurably difficult time. With 2,419 incarcerated persons with active cases of COVID-19 in California prisons statewide and over 1,500 people who are incarcerated or work in ...

July 10, 2020
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Push To Restore Zero Bail in San Francisco Amid Growing Number of COVID-19 Cases in SF Jails

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|Date: July 09, 2020
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Push To Restore Zero Bail in San Francisco Amid Growing Number of COVID-19 Cases in SF Jails

Up until the last month, Sa Francisco had managed its jail population better than most counties and avoid ...

Up until the last month, Sa Francisco had managed its jail population better than most counties and avoid large numbers of COVID cases in part because they managed to reduce the jail population. But ...

July 09, 2020
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SF Public Defender’s Office Mobilizing to Release People from San Quentin Amid Escalating COVID-19 Outbreak

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|Date: July 02, 2020
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SF Public Defender’s Office Mobilizing to Release People from San Quentin Amid Escalating COVID-19 Outbreak

Special To the Vanguard With 2,582 incarcerated persons with active cases of COVID-19 in California pri ...

Special To the Vanguard With 2,582 incarcerated persons with active cases of COVID-19 in California prisons statewide, and over 1,100 people incarcerated in San Quentin testing positive, the San Fra ...

July 02, 2020
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SF Public Defender Expresses Concern over Ongoing Public Health Crisis Measures in the SF Jails

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|Date: April 30, 2020
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SF Public Defender Expresses Concern over Ongoing Public Health Crisis Measures in the SF Jails

(The following is a letter dated April 29 from SF Public Defender Manohar Raju to Sheriff Paul Miyamoto). ...

(The following is a letter dated April 29 from SF Public Defender Manohar Raju to Sheriff Paul Miyamoto). By Manohar Raju As we near two months into this pandemic and resulting shelter-in-place orders ...

April 30, 2020
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Attorneys and Other Activists Denounce ICE Arrest at Courthouses across California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2020
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Attorneys and Other Activists Denounce ICE Arrest at Courthouses across California

SAN FRANCISCO - Last week ICE arrested a San Francisco resident in front of the Hall of Justice. This, a ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Last week ICE arrested a San Francisco resident in front of the Hall of Justice. This, as well as similar incidents in other parts of Northern California, led speakers from the FREE S ...

March 10, 2020
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Mother of Mario Woods Administers Oath to San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju at Packed Community Inauguration

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|Date: March 01, 2020
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Mother of Mario Woods Administers Oath to San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju at Packed Community Inauguration

(From Press Release - SF Public Defender's Office) – On February 27, 2020, in front of a crowd of over 30 ...

(From Press Release - SF Public Defender's Office) – On February 27, 2020, in front of a crowd of over 300 people at Brava Theater, San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju took his oath of office and ...

March 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: How Long Must S.F. Wait to Root out Police Corruption?

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|Date: February 08, 2020
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Guest Commentary: How Long Must S.F. Wait to Root out Police Corruption?

By Mano Raju, Public Defender of San Francisco Over a year ago, California finally acknowledged the publi ...

By Mano Raju, Public Defender of San Francisco Over a year ago, California finally acknowledged the public’s right to know about police corruption in our communities. Specifically, SB 1421 made public ...

February 08, 2020
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Jury Acquits Man after Public Defender Calls Delayed SFPD Investigation & Identification into Doubt

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|Date: January 11, 2020
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Jury Acquits Man after Public Defender Calls Delayed SFPD Investigation & Identification into Doubt

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender’s Office) - On Monday, January 6, 2020, a jury acquitted Vihn Tr ...

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender’s Office) - On Monday, January 6, 2020, a jury acquitted Vihn Tran, 38, of felony charges related to a nighttime attack near Union Square in October 2018. Depu ...

January 11, 2020
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Jury Acquits Man on All Counts – Prosecutors Wanted a Life Sentence for Tossing Pebbles

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|Date: November 21, 2019
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Jury Acquits Man on All Counts – Prosecutors Wanted a Life Sentence for Tossing Pebbles

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender) – On Friday, November 15, 2019, a jury found Carlos Gordon not ...

(From Press Release – SF Public Defender) – On Friday, November 15, 2019, a jury found Carlos Gordon not guilty on all counts of assault with a deadly weapon, making criminal threats, and a misdemeano ...

November 21, 2019
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Jury Acquits Homeless Man of Two Felonies for Riding a Stolen Motorcycle

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|Date: November 16, 2019
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Jury Acquits Homeless Man of Two Felonies for Riding a Stolen Motorcycle

May Go To Prison For Driving Without A License (SAN FRANCISCO - Public Defender Press Release) – On Tuesd ...

May Go To Prison For Driving Without A License (SAN FRANCISCO - Public Defender Press Release) – On Tuesday, November 12, 2019, a jury acquitted a homeless man of two felony charges after police pulle ...

November 16, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch Episode 7 – Freeing the Innocent Under SB 1437

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2019
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Vanguard Court Watch Episode 7 – Freeing the Innocent Under SB 1437

Emmitt Lewis and Michael Wilson, who were convicted of first degree murder stemming from a 2003 robbery t ...

Emmitt Lewis and Michael Wilson, who were convicted of first degree murder stemming from a 2003 robbery that turned into a car chase, became the first people in San Francisco, and among the first in t ...

August 20, 2019
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Public Defender’s Office Demands Police Files

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 06, 2019
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Public Defender’s Office Demands Police Files

San Francisco– Representatives from the Public Defender’s Office will be advocating for the release of pr ...

San Francisco– Representatives from the Public Defender’s Office will be advocating for the release of previously sealed police personnel files during Wednesday evening’s Police Commission meeting, De ...

June 06, 2019
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Thousands Show Up for Vigil for Fallen Leader Jeff Adachi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2019
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Thousands Show Up for Vigil for Fallen Leader Jeff Adachi

It has been less than a week since the stunning news of the death of Jeff Adachi, and on Wednesday night ...

It has been less than a week since the stunning news of the death of Jeff Adachi, and on Wednesday night thousands of people packed the streets in front of the Public Defender’s Office in San Francisc ...

February 28, 2019
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SF Man’s Case Challenges Money Bail

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 23, 2017
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SF Man’s Case Challenges Money Bail

(From Press Release) - A San Francisco senior citizen is poised to strike a blow against the money bail s ...

(From Press Release) - A San Francisco senior citizen is poised to strike a blow against the money bail system, with the state appeals court ordering the California Attorney General to explain why the ...

September 23, 2017
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Inmates in San Francisco Forced Into Gladiator-Style Fights

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|Date: March 27, 2015
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Inmates in San Francisco Forced Into Gladiator-Style Fights

Release from San Francisco Public Defender’s Officer A San Francisco Sheriff’s Deputy who was the subject ...

Release from San Francisco Public Defender’s Officer A San Francisco Sheriff’s Deputy who was the subject of a past sexual assault lawsuit has been accused of an array of misconduct, including forcing ...

March 27, 2015
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Jim Crow in San Francisco

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2015
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Jim Crow in San Francisco

By Peter Santina As a deputy public defender in San Francisco, I am not shocked at the revelation there i ...

By Peter Santina As a deputy public defender in San Francisco, I am not shocked at the revelation there is a white-power network within the Police Department. “All n—–s must f—– hang,” one veteran SFP ...

March 24, 2015
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SF Public Defender on the Indictment Decision

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 01, 2014
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SF Public Defender on the Indictment Decision

By Jeff Adachi As San Francisco Public Defender, I am deeply disappointed with the grand jury’s failure t ...

By Jeff Adachi As San Francisco Public Defender, I am deeply disappointed with the grand jury’s failure to indict Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. A series of qu ...

December 01, 2014
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