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SB 1437 Hearings in San Francisco

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|Date: February 11, 2020
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SB 1437 Hearings in San Francisco

Lifer to be re-sentenced after 33 years in prison; Re-sentencing denied to defendant in 1991 hostage taki ...

Lifer to be re-sentenced after 33 years in prison; Re-sentencing denied to defendant in 1991 hostage taking shoot-out By Stephen Yair Liebb SAN FRANCISCO - On Feb. 7, 2020, Thomas Keel, a man convic ...

February 11, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: New SF DA Aims Sights at Gang Laws ‘Infused with Racism’

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|Date: December 30, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: New SF DA Aims Sights at Gang Laws ‘Infused with Racism’

In 2010, the Vanguard’s fledgling Court Watch Project followed a six-month Yolo County trial as a group o ...

In 2010, the Vanguard’s fledgling Court Watch Project followed a six-month Yolo County trial as a group of lawyers, volunteering their time, attacked the West Sacramento Gang Injunction. Despite exte ...

December 30, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty, Media Coverage and the Court Watch

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|Date: June 17, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty, Media Coverage and the Court Watch

A friend and reader pointed me over the weekend to a column from Nicholas Kristof entitled, “When We Kill ...

A friend and reader pointed me over the weekend to a column from Nicholas Kristof entitled, “When We Kill.” The author argues, “Everything you think you know about the death penalty is wrong,” and th ...

June 17, 2019
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Why No Charges in Police-Involved Beating in SF?

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|Date: December 03, 2015
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Why No Charges in Police-Involved Beating in SF?

By Jeff Adachi Nearly 25 years after the Rodney King beating shocked the world, Stanislav Petrov lay writ ...

By Jeff Adachi Nearly 25 years after the Rodney King beating shocked the world, Stanislav Petrov lay writhing in a San Francisco alley, desperately trying to protect his head from more than 30 nightst ...

December 03, 2015
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My View: Why Davis and Other Cities Have Sanctuary Laws

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|Date: July 11, 2015
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My View: Why Davis and Other Cities Have Sanctuary Laws

This week some are asking whether Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez will become this election cycle’s Willie H ...

This week some are asking whether Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez will become this election cycle’s Willie Horton (a convicted felon who was released on furlough, and re-offended). For those who don’t kn ...

July 11, 2015
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The Over-Policing of Black Women

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|Date: May 13, 2015
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The Over-Policing of Black Women

By Jeff Adachi While citizens demand answers for the police killings of unarmed men of color nationally, ...

By Jeff Adachi While citizens demand answers for the police killings of unarmed men of color nationally, an everyday injustice continues unabated in San Francisco: the profiling of African American wo ...

May 13, 2015
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Commentary: San Francisco Law Enforcement Suddenly Finds Itself Under Fire

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|Date: April 01, 2015
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Commentary: San Francisco Law Enforcement Suddenly Finds Itself Under Fire

When Ferguson took to the news last August following the shooting death of Michael Brown, few people had ...

When Ferguson took to the news last August following the shooting death of Michael Brown, few people had heard of the suburban St. Louis community, but the problems of a largely white police and city ...

April 01, 2015
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SF Public Defender Releases Racial Justice Recommendations

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|Date: March 18, 2015
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SF Public Defender Releases Racial Justice Recommendations

An estimated 1,000 criminal cases will be reviewed, following revelations that San Francisco police offic ...

An estimated 1,000 criminal cases will be reviewed, following revelations that San Francisco police officers regularly shared racist and homophobic views in text messages, according to an announcement ...

March 18, 2015
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Vanguard Analysis: Jeff Adachi Discusses Whether Prop. 47 Ends Mass Incarceration

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|Date: November 11, 2014
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Vanguard Analysis: Jeff Adachi Discusses Whether Prop. 47 Ends Mass Incarceration

Last week voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 47, which reduces drug and petty theft crimes to mis ...

Last week voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 47, which reduces drug and petty theft crimes to misdemeanors. On Monday, the Vanguard noted the impact of Prop. 47 on the Yolo County DA’s practic ...

November 11, 2014
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SF Public Defender’s Office Makes Changes to Address Immigration Issues

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|Date: August 07, 2014
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SF Public Defender’s Office Makes Changes to Address Immigration Issues

(from press release) In a historic move, the San Francisco Public Defender’s office has hired a full-time ...

(from press release) In a historic move, the San Francisco Public Defender’s office has hired a full-time civil immigration attorney to help clients facing deportation or similar consequences, Public ...

August 07, 2014
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Council to Re-Examine Some Provisions of Rental Resources Ordinance

Tulsa County DA, Staunch Opponent of Criminal Justice Reform, Hit with Bar Complaint for Allowing Unlicensed Interns to Prosecute in Over 150 Cases

Erasing Family – The Problem of Parental Alienation and Why the Family Courts Make That Worse

Guest Commentary: Only We Can Win a #UC4All

Detained Woman’s Final Days Alive Captured by Facility Surveillance Footage

Man Accused in Prelim of Punching Another Gas Station Customer

Woman Charged in Prelim with Burglary Claimed to Have Encountered Aliens

ARC Releases Environmental Sustainability Guidelines Ahead of Planning Commission Workshop

Anti-Reform Group Does IE in Supervisors Race

CA Supreme Court Denies Request to Review the SB 1437 Constitutionality Ruling

SB 1437 Hearings in San Francisco

SB 1437 Hearings in San Francisco

Monday Morning Thoughts: New SF DA Aims Sights at Gang Laws ‘Infused with Racism’

Monday Morning Thoughts: New SF DA Aims Sights at Gang Laws ‘Infused with Racism’

Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty, Media Coverage and the Court Watch

Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty, Media Coverage and the Court Watch

Why No Charges in Police-Involved Beating in SF?

Why No Charges in Police-Involved Beating in SF?

My View: Why Davis and Other Cities Have Sanctuary Laws

My View: Why Davis and Other Cities Have Sanctuary Laws

The Over-Policing of Black Women

The Over-Policing of Black Women

Commentary: San Francisco Law Enforcement Suddenly Finds Itself Under Fire

Commentary: San Francisco Law Enforcement Suddenly Finds Itself Under Fire

SF Public Defender Releases Racial Justice Recommendations

SF Public Defender Releases Racial Justice Recommendations

Vanguard Analysis: Jeff Adachi Discusses Whether Prop. 47 Ends Mass Incarceration

Vanguard Analysis: Jeff Adachi Discusses Whether Prop. 47 Ends Mass Incarceration

SF Public Defender’s Office Makes Changes to Address Immigration Issues

SF Public Defender’s Office Makes Changes to Address Immigration Issues

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