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Guest Commentary: Unequal Justice in the Age of Reform
Jeff Adachi speaking at Hastings in 2016 By Jeff Adachi California’s criminal justice reforms are starting to bear fruit, but the harvest isn’t equally sweet for all San Franciscans. The City’s felony...
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Federal Judge Orders Man Released After SF Courts Repeatedly Fail to Follow...
(From Press Release) – A federal judge this week ordered authorities to immediately free a homeless man from jail after he was repeatedly denied a constitutionally adequate bail hearing in San...
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Guest Commentary: California’s District Attorneys Must Work to End Money Bail
By Jeff Adachi While the movement to reform California’s unconstitutional money bail system gains momentum, it met resistance earlier this month from a familiar opponent. In an extraordinary court...
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10 Things Starbucks Could Do to Combat Racism
By Jeff Adachi Since a video depicting the arrest of two black men at a Starbucks went viral, Starbucks has issued a written apology, CEO Kevin Johnson has met with the men, the store manager who...
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The Right to Plead No Contest in a Criminal Case
Jeff Adachi speaking at Hastings in 2016 By Jeff Adachi & Yali Corea-Levy California law provides for three common pleas in a criminal case: not guilty, guilty and no contest. In the San Francisco...
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