San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has been ordered into a confidential diversion program by the State Bar of California following multiple ethics complaints, including the improper handling of a confidential rap sheet and misstatements during public debates.
A newly-released report, “Contracted to Fail: How Flat-Fee Contracts Undermine the Right to Counsel in California,” exposes…
Former San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin joined the Vanguard’s Everyday Injustice podcast this week to talk about…
On this week’s Everyday Injustice interview, Chesa Boudin, former San Francisco District Attorney and now Executive Director…
NEW YORK, NY – The Marshall Project released a short retrospective at the end of 2024, highlighting…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of…
LOS ANGELES, CA – Despite fewer individuals being arrested, the number of people dying in jail keeps…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Two weeks ago Ryan Khojasteh announced he…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The NY Times reported this weekend, “A national lobbying group has…
By The Vanguard Staff OAKLAND, CA – Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price is the target of…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Attorneys, community members and other leaders gathered…
By Sunny Zhou SAN FRANCISCO, CA – This week, a retired San Francisco Superior Court Judge blasted…
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in a letter last…
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In a column for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Hiltzik,…
By Sophia Martin SAN FRANCISCO – After San Francisco’s unconventional District Attorney Chesa Boudin was ousted in…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last June the voters of San Francisco…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When San Francisco voted to recall Chesa Boudin in June, many…
Following the primary elections, reformers were braced for setbacks in the reform prosecutor movement, but a strange…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was looking bleak for criminal justice reform in June —Chesa…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Right behind inflation and economic concerns are concerns about rising crime. …