Guest Commentary: Youth Defender Unit Leader Calls DA’s Juvenile Policy ‘Harmful’
By Emily Goldman San Francisco, CA (Editor’s note: On September 13, 2022, Emily Goldman, the Managing Attorney…
Jury Finds Military Vet Not Guilty of Murder in ‘Tragic Accident’ Case
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office late last week said…
Advocates, Reporter, SF DA and SF PD Note Frustrations as Backlogged Cases in SF Continue
By Darling Gonzalez SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender Office Monday addressed the long-standing…
DA’s Office and Public Defender in San Francisco Push Back at Loss of Police Oversight
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Responding to the announcement of Police Chief…
SF Mayor Declares State of Emergency in the Tenderloin
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Following through after her strong words earlier…
Guest Commentary: SF Public Defender Pushes Back Against Mayor Breed’s Comments
By Mano Raju Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed launched emergency police intervention in…
Jury Finds 81-Year-Old Man Not Guilty of Attempted Murder of Ex-Wife; Public Defender Office Blames Police for Failure to ‘Investigate’ Case, Calls Ex-Wife the Aggressor
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA –Damien Alvarez, 81, was found not guilty by a jury…
Jury Finds Customer Not Guilty of Charges; Video Shows He Defended Self from Car Repair Shop Owner’s ‘Aggression’
The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Video surveillance of an “encounter” between a car repair shop…
Guest Commentary: Public Defender Sets Record Straight on Knight Column and Gudino Case
by Ilona Solomon As a public defender, I normally do not comment on my client’s cases—they are…
SF Public Defender, Private Attorney Team Up to Exonerate Man Who Spent 46 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A San Francisco public defender and a private…
Commentary: San Francisco Courts Are a Mess, Have Been a Mess, and the Problem is Not on the DA
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a bombshell transcript. It gave…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 121: Be the Jury – Pilot Would Pay Jurors $100 a Day to Serve
One of the biggest problems in the criminal legal system is that the notion of being tried…
Public Defender Mano Raju Condemns Court Backlog; 85 % of Jailed Not Convicted, Just Waiting Day in Court
by Elina Lingappa SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Public Defender Mano Raju revealed San Francisco County jails are…
Public Defenders Group Praises New Immigration Legislation, But Criticizes Police ‘Contact’ Details – Urges ‘Defang’ Amendments
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A coalition of public defenders gave a thumbs up, and thumbs down to…
SFDA Boudin Reassures Community Safety, Notes Accomplishments In Virtual Town Hall
By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin hosted his monthly virtual…
SFDA Chesa Boudin Seeks $2.3 Million Fentanyl Task Force; SFPD Mano Raju ‘Firmly Opposed’ to Proposal
By Elina Lingappa and Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s office is…
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
Letter: Involuntary Prison Transfers
Editor’s note: The following letter was submitted on behalf of a number of incarcerated people at San…
‘Blistering’ Federal Court Order Castigates ICE for ‘Dangerous Inactions’ of COVID-19 at Mesa Verde Detainee Center
SAN FRANCISCO – In what lawyers for detainees at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center call a…
