A New Wave of Prosecutorial Transparency
By the Appeal It should be news to no one that prosecutors are supremely powerful and have…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Reisig’s Defense of the Death Penalty Belies Claims of Progressive Reform
In last year’s election for district attorney, challenged as he never has been before, Jeff Reisig, the…
SF Prosecutor Supports AB 392 and Changing the Law Regarding the Use of Deadly Force
While many police, law enforcement officials and prosecutors will be fighting against the passage of AB 392,…
SF DA Is Clearing Thousands of Marijuana Convictions
By Taylor Pendergrass It has taken decades, billions of dollars, and thousands of laws to turn the…
Commentary: How Many Bad Apples Does It Take?
It seems like whenever we run a story about a police officer or a group of…
Justice for Mario Woods: ACLU Calls for Federal Investigation of the SFPD
by Alan Schlosser Today, the ACLU of Northern California and the ACLU Disability Rights Program sent a…
Is Risk Assessment The Key to Reducing Incarceration?
In an op-ed this week in the Huffington Post, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon wrote, “As…
My View: Baltimore Prosecutor Makes Quick Call, She Better Hope It’s the Right One
As all the trouble was unfolding in Baltimore, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi held his annual…
SF DA at Justice Summit Calls for Body Cameras, Video for All Arrests
This week the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office held its annual Justice Summit. The theme this year…
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…