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LEAP Team to Receive Good Government Award

A unique San Francisco Public Defender program that keeps young people in the classroom rather than the courtroom has been selected as a 2014 Public Managerial Excellence Award winner by the civic planning organization SPUR.
•March 7, 2014
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Classrooms, Not Courtrooms: SF Resolution Takes Aim at School to Prison Pipeline

In a guest column in the San Francisco Examiner, Jeff Adachi expresses his support for a school board resolution banning suspensions for "willful defiance."
•February 24, 2014
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Man Acquitted of Chair Attack in Main Library

A man accused of attacking an unsuspecting library patron with a chair has been acquitted of all charges after evidence pointed to a case of mistaken identity, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced today.
•February 21, 2014
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California Must Revise Its Unfair System For Bail

Bay Area public defenders speak out on bail reform.
•February 18, 2014
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Kwixuan Maloof to be Honored by Black Lawyers Association

Kwixuan Maloof, a managing attorney in the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, will be honored for his role in protecting the constitutional rights of the Bay Area’s poorest residents, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced today.
•February 6, 2014
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