President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of immigrants is an attack on thousands of San Francisco families. The most effective way to defend them? Arm them with lawyers.Read More

If the Police Commission makes the wrong decision today, we will lose the ability to require officers to write down their independent recollection as to what happened... It will destroy one of the main reasons to have the body cameras in the first place: to provide a check and balance between the police perception and...Read More

Welcome to the plea agreement. It can be a Faustian bargain, but it’s also a constant presence in our criminal justice system.Read More

Deputy Public Defender Peter Santina pens an op-ed on why San Francisco is not immune to institutionalized racism.Read More

A Day in the Life: SF Examiner profiles Deputy Public Defender Tal Klement.Read More