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Jami’s Ordeal Shows Public Defenders Deserve Respect
By Jeff Adachi It was the video seen ‘round the world — a public defender, tiny in stature but huge in conviction, standing up for her client while surrounded by bullies with badges. The Jan. 27...
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Is Risk Assessment The Key to Reducing Incarceration?
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon speaks at the Public Defender’s Justice Seminar this past spring In an op-ed this week in the Huffington Post, San Francisco District Attorney George...
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Lawsuit Seeks to End Money Bail System
In a suit that figures to have widespread impact, potentially, to the legal system, a class action lawsuit filed in federal court yesterday seeks to end the practice of money bail in San Francisco....
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Brutal Beating by Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs in San Francisco
Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods is up in arms and demanding possible criminal charges against two Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies, who appear to be seen in a video beating a suspect...
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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 writhing in a San Francisco alley, desperately trying to protect his head from more than 30...
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Truth Lost When Officers View Body Cam Footage
By Jeff Adachi In a few months, 2,000 San Francisco police officers will be outfitted with body cameras. These tiny recording devices serve as objective witnesses and hold the promise to revolutionize...
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Legislation Would Allow Access to Police Misconduct Records
In an effort to improve transparency, accountability and trust between law enforcement and the public, Senator Mark Leno has introduced SB 1286, a bill allowing greater public access to peace officer...
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Report Finds SF Public Defender Arrested without Cause
(From Press Release) San Francisco police wrongly arrested a Deputy Public Defender last year and unnecessarily detained her in handcuffs for an hour, the city’s Office of Citizen Complaints has...
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Commentary: How Many Bad Apples Does It Take?
Sgt. Williams speaks in April 2015 with former Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and DA George Gascon to her right as Public Defender Jeff Adachi looks on It seems like whenever we run a story about a police...
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Adachi Asks AG’s Office to Probe SFPD
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi in San Francisco in April 2015 San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi Tuesday urged the California Attorney General to open a civil rights investigation...
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Guest Commentary: The Concept of Race Is Nothing But Fiction
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi in San Francisco in April 2015 By Jeff Adachi Race is the world’s most persistent deception. Throughout history, the color of our skin and general shape of our...
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Contesting Bail to Take on Racial Disparities in SF Jail
By Kamala Kelkar In San Francisco, black inmates are less likely than their white counterparts to get out of jail ahead of trial despite being more frequently eligible for release, according to a...
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Text Message Scandal Goes Deep, Involving More Than 200 Cases
Last year, San Francisco officials conducted an investigation revealing that at least five police officers, long-time officers, were texting racist and anti-gay messages to each other. However,...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: An Eerily Similar Shooting
Vigil for Jessica Williams There are common denominators in a lot of these police shootings and the killing of Jessica Williams last week, which led to the resignation of San Francisco Police Chief...
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Melissa Harris-Perry Explains Blackness and Black Lives Matter
Melissa Harris-Perry delivers the keynote address at the 2016 Justice Summit in San Francisco On Wednesday, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi hosted his annual Justice Summit, fittingly on the...
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Use of Force Expert Breaks Down Recent Police Killings
Ken Williams speaks last week in San Francisco At last week’s San Francisco Justice Summit that focused on police use of force, Jeff Adachi called on use of force expert Ken Williams to break down...
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Adachi on the Need for Use of Force Reforms (Video)
During his opening remarks to the 2016 SF Justice Summit on Police Use of Force, Jeff Adachi told the packed audience, “San Francisco is at a crossroads. In the last six months, we’ve had three...
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Second Request: Adachi Asks for State Probe into SFPD
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi speaks at last week’s Justice Summit From press release: In light of recent developments and for the second time in two months, San Francisco Public Defender...
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A Step Backward for Justice Reform
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi By Jeff Adachi Setting policy is a lot like making sausage: We want to see the cleanly packaged result rather than the gory process. But last week, Gov. Jerry...
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Sunday Commentary: Why Bail Reform Is One of the Most Critical Issues Facing...
On November 19, the Vanguard Court Watch’s annual dinner and fundraiser will feature San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, among others, speaking about the need for bail reform. While bail...
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