Fiercely defending, confronting state violence & advocating for community power. Follow us on BlueSky at: @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov.
San Francisco, CA
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San Francisco Public Defender's Office retweeted
San Francisco's DA has a "pattern & practice" of withholding evidence in criminal trials, say the city's public defenders.
They've tracked 50 such cases. Sometimes, evidence was withheld until the eve of a trial. In a few, it was revealed well into it.
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San Francisco Public Defender's Office retweeted
"Prosecutors are rarely disciplined for breaches of professional ethics, so this decision by the State Bar ordering District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to take corrective action, speaks volumes." - Mano Raju, @sfdefender. 3/6
ALT "Prosecutors are rarely disciplined for breaches of professional ethics, so this decision by the State Bar ordering District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to take corrective action, speaks volumes." - Mano Raju, San Fransisco Public Defender As noted in a report by the Northern California Innocence Project, of 707 California cases in which prosecutorial misconduct was found over an 11-year period, only six prosecutors were formally disciplined by the State Bar. Article by David Greenwald in The Vanguard
San Francisco Public Defender's Office retweeted
The State Bar has decided the best way to resolve a series of ethics complaints against SF DA Brooke Jenkins is by requiring her to participate in a diversion program. The irony is not lost on her critics sfchronicle.com/sf/article/b…
The San Francisco Public Defender's Office and Public Defender Mano Raju have moved to Bluesky. Follow us! manorajupd.bsky.social and sfpublicdefender.bsky.social.
@sfdefender in the news Feb. 24-28, 2025 — Preparing for trials to defend the unhoused; standing up for independent police oversight; urging more effective & humane ways to address public drug use as a public health issue. 🧵
@sfstandard: @sfdefender — The past 2+ years of the resurgent war on drugs — including this past week’s nighttime raid of a park — has been driving up jail populations but not ensuring that treatment options are available for those who want and need it.
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Will the DA’s office continue to skirt our Sanctuary Ordinance by targeting immigrants for federal indictment and separating families in our courthouse?
Attorneys in our @sfdefender Misdemeanor Unit spoke w/@CalMatters about the increased number of charges the DA has for "illegal lodging" but none of these cases have gone to trial yet. Meanwhile, our clients are having to risk everything, at times, just to make it to court dates.
If Twohands is convicted of illegal camping, a misdemeanor, he could face a year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000. But even without jail, trials come with all sorts of additional risks and hardship for unhoused defendants. cal.news/43bsQog
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San Francisco Public Defender's Office retweeted
Cities across California increasingly are clearing away homeless encampments and citing and arresting the people who live in them. What does that mean for people who sleep on the street? @KatieAnastas from @KPBS and I spent months finding out. @CalMatters tinyurl.com/2s3maut9
San Francisco Public Defender's Office retweeted
Police Commissioner @MaxMCO says, “My job is not to become popular with the agency I’m supposed to be overseeing….I will continue to fight for an independent police commission separate from influence.”
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@sfdefender @ManoRajuPD speaking at a rally in support of Police Commissioner
“Removing him from the Commission would be a step back for justice in #SanFrancisco”
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Assistant Chief Attorney for the @sfdefender @angelafchan “What we don’t need are commissioners who are in the pocket of police unions…we should appoint more commissioners like @MaxMCO.”
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Coalition opposes SF Mayor proposal to remove police commissioner. BOS to vote Feb 25, 3pm. Let BOS know you support independent civilian oversight!
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In the news Feb. 17-21, 2025 — @sfdefender successfully challenged an unfair sentencing provision, asserted that laws and rights will help stem the president’s deportation efforts, and called proposed legislation to weaken California state Sanctuary law “dead in the water.” 🧵
After the Trump administration announced targeting people who moved here from Venezuela, Francisco Ugarte of the@sfdefender Immigration Defense Unit commented that there are many laws that stand in the way to prevent arbitrary deportation.
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Angela Chan, now Assistant Chief Attorney @sfdefender, helped write CA’s Sanctuary law SB54. She explained to @KQEDnews & @abc7newsbayarea that the 10th Amendment would protect against some of the latest proposals to weaken it.
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