‘Put Me in Jail or Don’t’ – Defendant Waits, Speaks Up for Himself in Court
By S. Priana Aquino SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Torrance Scales was present in San Francisco County Superior…
FACTS VS FICTION: KPFA Episode Looks at Funding Fueling SF DA Chesa Boudin Recall Campaign
By Priana Aquino SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Last week, listener-funded talk radio and music radio station, 94.1…
Video Surveillance, Officer Testimony Stacked against Business Burglary Suspect – Judge Rules Case Goes to Trial
By Esme Lipton SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Three police officers testified, and a surveillance video was shown…
Without a Trial Courtroom, SF Judge Issues Case Continuances En Masse
By Ned Meiners SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Over the course of two hours on Wednesday morning in…
San Francisco Mayor, Police Chief Reassure Public City Safe Despite Faulty Reading of Crime Statistics
By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Mayor London Breed and San Francisco Police Chief…
Commentary: Davis Needs to Go Further on Police Reform – They Should Follow the Models
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Recently the city council has been pushed to do more…
Defendant Misses Court Date After Allegedly Being Kidnapped in El Salvador – Judge Unsympathetic
By Sophia Barberini SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Judge Richard Darwin of San Francisco County Superior Court…
Preliminary Goes Good, and Bad, for Suspect; Now Facing Drug Trial
By Karisa Cortez SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The good news for defendant Ronald Nelson here in a…
Is SF Crime Up THAT Much? Law Professor Sparks Discussion Surrounding Lack of Objective Journalism in Today’s News Media
B John Arceno and Luke Kyaw SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Responding to what he calls the San…
Off-Record Work by All Parties on Display in Otherwise Slow Day in SF Court
By Elena Rawlinson. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman ruled on several…
Sunday Commentary: Bad Reporting by the Media is Largely Driving the Crime Panic
By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week a very telling USA Today poll came out finding that…
Jury Sees Through Charges, Acquits Young Woman of Reckless Driving and ‘Child Endangerment’
The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Sometimes juries can see through unfair charges, and believe not…
Defendant Accused of Sexual Assault Has Similar Prior – Hearing Sidetracked with Whether Counsel Needed to Wear Mask
By Ella Wade SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Judge Christopher Hite presided over pre-trial motions here in San…
Defense Questions Technical Detail in Armed Robbery Pretrial – Judge Denies
Elena Rawlinson SAN FRANCISCO, CA– Co-defendants Jorge Espinal Casares and Ernie Figueroa were charged with armed robbery…
Are Shoplifting Rates in San Francisco Rising? Data Says Nope
By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO – In mid-June, reporter Lynn Mendelez posted a video at Walgreens in…
Defense Questions Reliability of Eyewitnesses in Ongoing Omar Herrera Murder Trial
By Sophia Barberini and Jeramie Gutierrez SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Defense witnesses took the stand in…
Chesa Boudin Criticized, but Still Says He Fights for San Francisco’s Unhoused Residents
By Elina Lingappa SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Rory Fleming has published an article in The Filter Magazine…
More Than 3 Years Later, Man’s Stolen Phone Charge Dismissed After Public Transit Dragnet
By Ella Wade SAN FRANCISCO, CA – On March 21, 2018 “Ms. V” was walking by Yerba…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 110: Humphrey Decision’s Impact on Bail and Pretrial Detention in SF and California
When the California Supreme Court ruled in March, in the Humphrey decision, that the judges are required…
‘Thousands of Lives’ Could Have Been Saved, Expert Charges at San Quentin COVID-19 Evidentiary Hearing
By Mia Machado and Jose Medina MARIN, CA – Even more witnesses—five of them Friday—testified in a…
