News and Press Releases

On the anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, read Public Defender Jeff Adachi's Op-Ed on the right to counsel.

Discussion includes poor people’s justice, bail reform, forced treatment for alcoholics, mentally ill.

Shrinking juries to save money is no bargain, Jeff Adachi argues in this op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Jury refuses to swallow officer's story.

A man whose night of revelry in North Beach ended in an altercation and arrest was acquitted of misdemeanor domestic violence, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced today.