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Letter: Public Defender OPPOSITION to Approving $27MM Supplemental for SFPD

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|Date: March 16, 2023
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Letter: Public Defender OPPOSITION to Approving $27MM Supplemental for SFPD

By Brian Cox Dear Budget and Appropriations Committee Members: Today, you will vote on whether to take $2 ...

By Brian Cox Dear Budget and Appropriations Committee Members: Today, you will vote on whether to take $27MM from the general fund to pay San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) officers for overtime t ...

March 16, 2023
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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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Jury Acquits Man Who Confessed Falsely to Decades-Old Cases in Desperate Attempt to Be Moved Out of Hellish Florida Prison

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|Date: November 08, 2022
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Jury Acquits Man Who Confessed Falsely to Decades-Old Cases in Desperate Attempt to Be Moved Out of Hellish Florida Prison

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – A San Francisco Jury, following a two-month trial, acquitted ...

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – A San Francisco Jury, following a two-month trial, acquitted Roy Lacy on Nov. 3 in connection with two separate, cold-case murders that had taken place in 1 ...

November 08, 2022
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SF Public Defender, Drug Policy Experts Push against War on Drugs Approach

Posted by David Greenwald
|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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Vanguard Honors Three Formerly Incarcerated Individuals at Vanguard Justice Awards

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|Date: October 05, 2022
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Vanguard Honors Three Formerly Incarcerated Individuals at Vanguard Justice Awards

All three will be honored on October 13 in Sacramento. Tickets and sponsorships can be purchased online: ...

All three will be honored on October 13 in Sacramento. Tickets and sponsorships can be purchased online: http://tiny.cc/vanguard_2022 Three formerly incarcerated individuals will be honored in Sacram ...

October 05, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Youth Defender Unit Leader Calls DA’s Juvenile Policy ‘Harmful’

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|Date: September 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Youth Defender Unit Leader Calls DA’s Juvenile Policy ‘Harmful’

By Emily Goldman San Francisco, CA (Editor’s note: On September 13, 2022, Emily Goldman, the Managing Att ...

By Emily Goldman San Francisco, CA (Editor’s note: On September 13, 2022, Emily Goldman, the Managing Attorney of the Youth Defender Unit of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, issued the foll ...

September 14, 2022
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Jury Finds Military Vet Not Guilty of Murder in ‘Tragic Accident’ Case

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|Date: June 13, 2022
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Jury Finds Military Vet Not Guilty of Murder in ‘Tragic Accident’ Case

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office late last week said ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office late last week said a man was found not guilty of murder by a jury that realized a man’s death “was a tragic accide ...

June 13, 2022
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Advocates, Reporter, SF DA and SF PD Note Frustrations as Backlogged Cases in SF Continue

Posted by Darling Gonzalez
|Date: April 12, 2022
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Advocates, Reporter, SF DA and SF PD Note Frustrations as Backlogged Cases in SF Continue

By Darling Gonzalez SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender Office Monday addressed the lon ...

By Darling Gonzalez SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender Office Monday addressed the long-standing backlogs in San Francisco Superior Court, noting Wall Street Journal reporter Laura ...

April 12, 2022
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DA’s Office and Public Defender in San Francisco Push Back at Loss of Police Oversight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 04, 2022
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DA’s Office and Public Defender in San Francisco Push Back at Loss of Police Oversight

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Responding to the announcement of Police Chief ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Responding to the announcement of Police Chief Bill Scott on Wednesday who announced the police were pulling out of the MOU, DA Chesa Boudin ...

February 04, 2022
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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

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|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’

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|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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