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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 12, 2023  MEDIA CONTACTS: Emma Tozer, GLIDE Foundation, etozer@glide.org, (301) 383-3128 Jessie Seyfer, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, jessie.seyfer@sfgov.org, (415) 851-2212  ***PRESS RELEASE*** Coalition of 110+ Civil Rights, Traffic Safety, and Community Groups Commends San Francisco Police Commission for Adopting Historic Policy to End Racially-Biased Pretext Stops  SAN FRANCISCO — Last...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 11, 2023   MEDIA CONTACTS:  Jessie Seyfer, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, jessie.seyfer@sfgov.org, (415) 851-2212   Emma Tozer, GLIDE Foundation, etozer@glide.org, (301) 383-3128  ***PRESS RELEASE***  Coalition of 110+ Civil Rights, Traffic Safety, and Community Groups Urge San Francisco Police Commission to End Racially-Biased Pretext Stops  SAN FRANCISCO —  Today at 10 a.m., the...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 9, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | Valerie Ibarra (628)249-7946 **PRESS STATEMENT** From the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office District Attorneys Violated State Law That Protects Juvenile Records SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office violated state law protecting the confidentiality of juvenile cases in recent news reports. The reports...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Jan. 9, 2023 MEDIA CONTACTS: Emma Tozer, GLIDE Foundation, etozer@glide.org, (301) 383-3128 Jessie Seyfer, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, jessie.seyfer@sfgov.org, (415) 851-2212  **MEDIA ADVISORY** City Leaders, Traffic Safety Advocates and Civil Rights Orgs To Hold Press Conference Urging Police Commissioners to End Racially-Biased Traffic Stops in San Francisco  SAN FRANCISCO — On Wednesday,...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec 2, 2022MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | (628)249-7946 LGBT immigrant leader receives outpouring of support from community groups at upcoming bond hearing. Salesh Prasad, beloved artist and activist, fears he’ll face anti-LGBT violence if deported   VAN NUYS, CA – Community organizations across California are mobilizing to support Salesh...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 2, 2022  MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | Jessie.Seyfer@sfgov.org | (415) 851-2212  **PRESS RELEASE** At Statewide Judges Meeting, Impacted Community Members Speak Out Against SF Superior Court for Violating Speedy Trial Rights  Impacted community members, community leaders, SF Public Defenders demand that SF Superior Court open trial courts...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 10, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | (628) 249-7946 **PRESS STATEMENT** San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju’s Statement on Starting a New Four-Year Term in Office SAN FRANCISCO — On Nov. 8, San Francisco voters re-elected Mano Raju for a four-year term as the city’s Public Defender. Here is a statement from...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 8, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | (628) 249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** Judge Dismisses Case Against Woman Held in SF Jail for 2.5 Years, Citing Lack of Evidence Sarina Borg was jailed nearly two years past her Constitutionally mandated trial deadline SAN FRANCISCO — On Nov. 7, a San Francisco Superior Court judge...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 7, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** Jury Acquits Man Who Confessed Falsely to Decades-Old Cases in Desperate Attempt to Be Moved Out of Hellish Florida Prison Jury acquitted Roy Lacy on count 1, and hung on count 2.  SAN FRANCISCO –  After a two-month trial, a San Francisco...Read More