Closing Arguments Delivered in Trial Concerning 7 Restraining Order Violations
Man Charged With 7 Restraining Order Violations Sees Beginning of Closing Arguments By Danielle Silva SAN FRANCISCO…
Man Who Served 11 Years for Second-Degree Murder Will Be Released This May
By Alexandra Cline SAN FRANCISCO – With both the defendant’s family members and the victim’s dad present…
Defense Argues Lack of Police Investigation in Domestic Violence Trial
By Danielle Silva SAN FRANCISCO – The prosecution and the defense began their closing arguments in a…
Was Woman Raped When She Was Unconscious? Jury Has to Decide
By David Greenwald and Manuel Espinoza SAN FRANCISCO – “Can you see her?” Assistant DA Lailah Morris…
Complaining Witness and Her Boyfriend Testify In Rape Case
By Caleb Mathews SAN FRANCISCO–Arguments for the trial of Enrique Saucedo-Zapeda proceeded as Judge Caffese and the…
Two of Three Co-Defendants Released in Robbery and Manslaughter Trial
By Alexandra Cline SAN FRANCISCO- On Feb. 28, 2020, the final sentences for three co-defendants originally charged…
Resentencing and Release Approved for Previously Convicted Felony Murderer
By Alexandra Cline SAN FRANCISCO- On Feb. 21, 2020, at 850 Bryant St. in Department 25, a…
Specialists Testify As Expert Witnesses in Sexual Assault Case
By Manuel Espinoza SAN FRANCISCO – On Feb. 26, 2020, a trial charging the defendant with two…
Woman Alleges Rape after Waking Up to Man Penetrating Her
SAN FRANCISCO – “[The victim] became aware she was being raped when she woke up to find…
Racist Drug Laws Lead to Racist Enforcement in Cities Across the Country
Across the country law enforcement selectively targets Black and brown people for stops, arrests, prosecution, and imprisonment…
SB 1437 Hearings in San Francisco
Lifer to be re-sentenced after 33 years in prison; Re-sentencing denied to defendant in 1991 hostage taking…
Monday Morning Thoughts: New SF DA Aims Sights at Gang Laws ‘Infused with Racism’
In 2010, the Vanguard’s fledgling Court Watch Project followed a six-month Yolo County trial as a group…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty, Media Coverage and the Court Watch
A friend and reader pointed me over the weekend to a column from Nicholas Kristof entitled, “When…
Why No Charges in Police-Involved Beating in SF?
By Jeff Adachi Nearly 25 years after the Rodney King beating shocked the world, Stanislav Petrov lay…
My View: Why Davis and Other Cities Have Sanctuary Laws
This week some are asking whether Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez will become this election cycle’s Willie Horton (a…
The Over-Policing of Black Women
By Jeff Adachi While citizens demand answers for the police killings of unarmed men of color nationally,…
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…
SF Public Defender Releases Racial Justice Recommendations
An estimated 1,000 criminal cases will be reviewed, following revelations that San Francisco police officers regularly shared…
Vanguard Analysis: Jeff Adachi Discusses Whether Prop. 47 Ends Mass Incarceration
Last week voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 47, which reduces drug and petty theft crimes to misdemeanors. On…
SF Public Defender’s Office Makes Changes to Address Immigration Issues
(from press release) In a historic move, the San Francisco Public Defender’s office has hired a full-time…
