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SF Mayor Declares State of Emergency in the Tenderloin

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2021
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SF Mayor Declares State of Emergency in the Tenderloin

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Following through after her strong words earli ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Following through after her strong words earlier in the week, San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared an official State of Emergency in the ...

December 18, 2021
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Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Pushes Back Against Mayor Breed’s Comments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 16, 2021
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Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Pushes Back Against Mayor Breed’s Comments

By Mano Raju Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed launched emergency police interv ...

By Mano Raju Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed launched emergency police intervention in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. “It’s time the reign of criminals who are d ...

December 16, 2021
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Jury Finds 81-Year-Old Man Not Guilty of Attempted Murder of Ex-Wife; Public Defender Office Blames Police for Failure to ‘Investigate’ Case, Calls Ex-Wife the Aggressor

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|Date: November 23, 2021
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Jury Finds 81-Year-Old Man Not Guilty of Attempted Murder of Ex-Wife; Public Defender Office Blames Police for Failure to ‘Investigate’ Case, Calls Ex-Wife the Aggressor

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA –Damien Alvarez, 81, was found not guilty by a jury of attempted ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA –Damien Alvarez, 81, was found not guilty by a jury of attempted murder and other charges he was charged with after he and his ex-wife fought over a knife she w ...

November 23, 2021
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Jury Finds Customer Not Guilty of Charges; Video Shows He Defended Self from Car Repair Shop Owner’s ‘Aggression’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 11, 2021
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Jury Finds Customer Not Guilty of Charges; Video Shows He Defended Self from Car Repair Shop Owner’s ‘Aggression’

The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Video surveillance of an “encounter” between a car repair shop own ...

The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Video surveillance of an “encounter” between a car repair shop owner and client was key to a decision Wednesday by a San Francisco jury that acquitted the client ...

November 11, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Public Defender Sets Record Straight on Knight Column and Gudino Case

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Public Defender Sets Record Straight on Knight Column and Gudino Case

by Ilona Solomon As a public defender, I normally do not comment on my client’s cases—they are private, l ...

by Ilona Solomon As a public defender, I normally do not comment on my client’s cases—they are private, litigation happens in the courtroom, and achieving the best result on their behalf is my only go ...

October 28, 2021
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SF Public Defender, Private Attorney Team Up to Exonerate Man Who Spent 46 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 22, 2021
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SF Public Defender, Private Attorney Team Up to Exonerate Man Who Spent 46 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A San Francisco public defender and a private attorney found ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A San Francisco public defender and a private attorney found evidence and witnesses in and outside the U.S. that now has led to charges being vacated agains ...

October 22, 2021
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Commentary: San Francisco Courts Are a Mess, Have Been a Mess, and the Problem is Not on the DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2021
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Commentary: San Francisco Courts Are a Mess, Have Been a Mess, and the Problem is Not on the DA

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a bombshell transcript. It gave the op ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a bombshell transcript. It gave the opponents of DA Chesa Boudin a great amount of fodder to use against the progressive DA in their ...

October 12, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 121: Be the Jury – Pilot Would Pay Jurors $100 a Day to Serve

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 23, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 121: Be the Jury – Pilot Would Pay Jurors $100 a Day to Serve

One of the biggest problems in the criminal legal system is that the notion of being tried by a jury of o ...

One of the biggest problems in the criminal legal system is that the notion of being tried by a jury of one’s peers has been discarded. A large number of people of color await trial in the system onl ...

August 23, 2021
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Public Defender Mano Raju Condemns Court Backlog; 85 % of Jailed Not Convicted, Just Waiting Day in Court

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 07, 2021
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Public Defender Mano Raju Condemns Court Backlog; 85 % of Jailed Not Convicted, Just Waiting Day in Court

by Elina Lingappa SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Public Defender Mano Raju revealed San Francisco County jails are i ...

by Elina Lingappa SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Public Defender Mano Raju revealed San Francisco County jails are illegally keeping individuals in jail past any acceptable date, causing a discussion of the long ...

May 07, 2021
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Public Defenders Group Praises New Immigration Legislation, But Criticizes Police ‘Contact’ Details – Urges ‘Defang’ Amendments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 15, 2021
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Public Defenders Group Praises New Immigration Legislation, But Criticizes Police ‘Contact’ Details – Urges ‘Defang’ Amendments

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A coalition of public defenders gave a thumbs up, and thumbs down to new congressiona ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A coalition of public defenders gave a thumbs up, and thumbs down to new congressional legislation dealing with immigrants that has just been announced, known as the U.S. Citizensh ...

March 15, 2021
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SFDA Boudin Reassures Community Safety, Notes Accomplishments In Virtual Town Hall

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 05, 2021
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SFDA Boudin Reassures Community Safety, Notes Accomplishments In Virtual Town Hall

By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin hosted his monthly vi ...

By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin hosted his monthly virtual town hall here, answering 13 community member’s questions surrounding Asian American hate ...

March 05, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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SFDA Chesa Boudin Seeks $2.3 Million Fentanyl Task Force; SFPD Mano Raju ‘Firmly Opposed’ to Proposal

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 04, 2021
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SFDA Chesa Boudin Seeks $2.3 Million Fentanyl Task Force; SFPD Mano Raju ‘Firmly Opposed’ to Proposal

By Elina Lingappa and Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s offic ...

By Elina Lingappa and Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s office is implementing a new task force to address the city’s pressing fentanyl epidemic, calling fo ...

March 04, 2021
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Adachi Project Releases ‘One Eleven Taylor’ Documentary Depicting Dangerous Conditions at SF Private For-Profit Halfway House

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 19, 2021
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Adachi Project Releases ‘One Eleven Taylor’ Documentary Depicting Dangerous Conditions at SF Private For-Profit Halfway House

By Esha Kher SAN FRANCISCO – The Adachi Project, an initiative started by the late San Francisco Public D ...

By Esha Kher SAN FRANCISCO – The Adachi Project, an initiative started by the late San Francisco Public Defender to reveal unseen perspectives of the U.S. criminal legal system, released its first doc ...

February 19, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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San Francisco Public Defender Launches ‘The Adachi Project’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 05, 2021
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San Francisco Public Defender Launches ‘The Adachi Project’

Special to the Vanguard - First-of-Its-Kind Media Initiative Spotlights Public Defenders and Underreprese ...

Special to the Vanguard - First-of-Its-Kind Media Initiative Spotlights Public Defenders and Underrepresented Perspectives of the Criminal Legal System in Tribute to Late-Public Defender and Filmmaker ...

February 05, 2021
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Letter: Involuntary Prison Transfers

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 12, 2020
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Letter: Involuntary Prison Transfers

Editor's note: The following letter was submitted on behalf of a number of incarcerated people at San Que ...

Editor's note: The following letter was submitted on behalf of a number of incarcerated people at San Quentin regarding a new involuntary transfer policy. Dear Governor Newsom, We represent a large nu ...

December 12, 2020
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‘Blistering’ Federal Court Order Castigates ICE for ‘Dangerous Inactions’ of COVID-19 at Mesa Verde Detainee Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2020
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‘Blistering’ Federal Court Order Castigates ICE for ‘Dangerous Inactions’ of COVID-19 at Mesa Verde Detainee Center

SAN FRANCISCO – In what lawyers for detainees at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center call a “blistering” ...

SAN FRANCISCO – In what lawyers for detainees at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center call a “blistering” order, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California verbally castigated ICE ...

December 04, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Everyday Injustice Episode 84: San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 16, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Episode 84: San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju

In February of 2019, longtime legendary public defender Jeff Adachi died. Taking over the position as the ...

In February of 2019, longtime legendary public defender Jeff Adachi died. Taking over the position as the only elected public defender in California was Mano Raju. His first 18 months has seen not onl ...

November 16, 2020
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ELECTRIC CAR CONFUSION: SF PD Wins Acquittal for Client Accused of Carjacking and Robbery

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 29, 2020
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ELECTRIC CAR CONFUSION: SF PD Wins Acquittal for Client Accused of Carjacking and Robbery

By Dylan Ferguson SAN FRANCISCO – Valentine Sua, 28, was acquitted this week at trial in San Francisco Co ...

By Dylan Ferguson SAN FRANCISCO – Valentine Sua, 28, was acquitted this week at trial in San Francisco County Superior Court on all carjacking and robbery charges stemming from an incident in May. It ...

October 29, 2020
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SF Public Defender Criticizes Civil Injunctions Aimed at Drug Dealers – Argues They Don’t Solve ‘Actual’ Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2020
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SF Public Defender Criticizes Civil Injunctions Aimed at Drug Dealers – Argues They Don’t Solve ‘Actual’ Problem

By Pavan Potti SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Attorney Dennis Herrera recently took a big step in the city ...

By Pavan Potti SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Attorney Dennis Herrera recently took a big step in the city’s ongoing battle with drug dealing in the neighborhood of Tenderloin by filing civil injunctio ...

September 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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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