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Two of Three Co-Defendants Released in Robbery and Manslaughter Trial

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|Date: March 02, 2020
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Two of Three Co-Defendants Released in Robbery and Manslaughter Trial

By Alexandra Cline SAN FRANCISCO- On Feb. 28, 2020, the final sentences for three co-defendants originall ...

By Alexandra Cline SAN FRANCISCO- On Feb. 28, 2020, the final sentences for three co-defendants originally charged with murder and multiple counts of robbery were determined by Judge Brendan Conroy. B ...

March 02, 2020
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Resentencing and Release Approved for Previously Convicted Felony Murderer

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|Date: February 27, 2020
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Resentencing and Release Approved for Previously Convicted Felony Murderer

By Alexandra Cline SAN FRANCISCO- On Feb. 21, 2020, at 850 Bryant St. in Department 25, a hearing was hel ...

By Alexandra Cline SAN FRANCISCO- On Feb. 21, 2020, at 850 Bryant St. in Department 25, a hearing was held for the resentencing of Wallace Ferguson, who was previously convicted of a felony murder in ...

February 27, 2020
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Specialists Testify As Expert Witnesses in Sexual Assault Case

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|Date: February 27, 2020
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Specialists Testify As Expert Witnesses in Sexual Assault Case

By Manuel Espinoza SAN FRANCISCO - On Feb. 26, 2020, a trial charging the defendant with two counts of ra ...

By Manuel Espinoza SAN FRANCISCO - On Feb. 26, 2020, a trial charging the defendant with two counts of rape brought forward two expert witnesses to testify. The hearing was part of an ongoing trial ag ...

February 27, 2020
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Woman Alleges Rape after Waking Up to Man Penetrating Her

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|Date: February 25, 2020
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Woman Alleges Rape after Waking Up to Man Penetrating Her

SAN FRANCISCO - “[The victim] became aware she was being raped when she woke up to find Enrique Saucedo-Z ...

SAN FRANCISCO - “[The victim] became aware she was being raped when she woke up to find Enrique Saucedo-Zepeda penetrating her with his penis,” Assistant District Attorney Lailah Morris argued as she ...

February 25, 2020
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Racist Drug Laws Lead to Racist Enforcement in Cities Across the Country

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|Date: February 23, 2020
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Racist Drug Laws Lead to Racist Enforcement in Cities Across the Country

Across the country law enforcement selectively targets Black and brown people for stops, arrests, prosecu ...

Across the country law enforcement selectively targets Black and brown people for stops, arrests, prosecution, and imprisonment at wildly disproportionate rates. By Ezekilel Edwards and Shilpi ...

February 23, 2020
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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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