Guest Commentary: Why Mano Raju Deserves to Be Re-elected San Francisco Public Defender
By Matt Gonzalez I have been closely associated with the San Francisco Public Defender office for over…
Adachi Project Releases ‘From Inside’ – 3rd in a Series Dedicated to Psychological Impact of Being Caught in the County Jail System during COVID
By Ankita Joshi SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The COVID-19 pandemic has especially impacted those who are incarcerated…
Book Release: Jeff Adachi’s The Case of San Francisco Public Defender Frank Egan, Murder and Scandal in the 1930s (Video Added)
By Lovepreet Dhinsa & Layla Mustafa SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office was founded in…
Adachi Project Releases ‘One Eleven Taylor’ Documentary Depicting Dangerous Conditions at SF Private For-Profit Halfway House
By Esha Kher SAN FRANCISCO – The Adachi Project, an initiative started by the late San Francisco…
San Francisco Public Defender Launches ‘The Adachi Project’
Special to the Vanguard – First-of-Its-Kind Media Initiative Spotlights Public Defenders and Underrepresented Perspectives of the Criminal Legal System in Tribute to Late-Public Defender and Filmmaker Jeff Adachi
City Officials Unveiled ‘Jeff Adachi Way’ – New Street to Honor the Late San Francisco Public Defender
(From Press Release – Public Defender’s Office) – On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, Public Defender Mano Raju,…
Independent Review Finds Adachi’s Death Natural
From Press Release – Robert Chan, an attorney for the family of Jeff Adachi, is releasing three…
Guest Commentary: One Simple Way To Hold Bad Prosecutors Accountable
By Jeff Adachi and Peter Calloway State bar organizations have the power to discipline prosecutors, but they…
Thousands Show Up for Vigil for Fallen Leader Jeff Adachi
It has been less than a week since the stunning news of the death of Jeff Adachi,…
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi Dead at Age 59
SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi, the only elected public defender in the state, died last night as…
Prosecutor Andrew Ganz Suspended from Bar for Prosecutorial Misconduct during Solano County Murder Trial
Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices. –Edgar Argo (From Press Release) –…
The Right to Plead No Contest in a Criminal Case
By Jeff Adachi & Yali Corea-Levy California law provides for three common pleas in a criminal case:…
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…
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…
Federal Judge Orders Man Released After SF Courts Repeatedly Fail to Follow Bail Law
(From Press Release) – A federal judge this week ordered authorities to immediately free a homeless man…
Guest Commentary: Unequal Justice in the Age of Reform
By Jeff Adachi California’s criminal justice reforms are starting to bear fruit, but the harvest isn’t equally…
Money Bail Survives in California because of the Myths Perpetuated by the For-Profit Bail Industry
By the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office Myth # 1: Most people who are in jail are…
He Stole $5 and Cologne. Bail was Set at $350,000
By Jeff Adachi and Chesa Boudin The case of a San Francisco senior citizen accused of stealing…
Court’s Game-Changing Decision on Bail Based on SF Man’s Case
(From Press Release) – A case involving a San Francisco retiree jailed for allegedly stealing cologne has…
Commentary: Jury Gets It Right in Acquitting Immigrant in the Killing of Steinle
My View: Prosecution Overreached Trying to Get Murder Charge in Politically Charged Case It was a politically…
