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COVID-19 – San Francisco Public Defender’s Office Responds
In response to the serious public health concerns related to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), our office has been leading the way in...
SF Public Defender Mano Raju Urges More Public Health Support for...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender's Office | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | Valerie Ibarra (628)249.7946
**PRESS STATEMENT**
SF Public Defender Mano Raju Urges More...
SF Resident Who Acted in Defense of Friend in Mission District...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 4, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | Jessie.Seyfer@sfgov.org | (628) 249-7946
**PRESS RELEASE**
SF Resident Who Acted in Defense...
Front Page — Public Defenders Demand Speedy Trials & Pretrial Release...
Over 550 people's trial deadlines have passed; Over 150 of them are still in jail. Hundreds more are in line behind them.
On September 16th,...
Jury Acquits SF Man Who Acted in Self-Defense in New Year’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 21, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org | (628) 249-7946
**PRESS RELEASE**
Jury Acquits SF Man Who Acted...
SF Public Defenders and Community Hold Mock Trial to Indict the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 16, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org; Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org | (628)249-7946
**PRESS RELEASE**
SF Public Defenders and Community Hold Mock Trial...
SF Public Defenders & Community to Hold a Mock Trial on...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 15, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org; Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org | (628)249-7946
**MEDIA ADVISORY**
TOMORROW: SF Public Defenders & Community to Hold...
Head of the Youth Defender Unit Responds to DA’s Harmful Juvenile...
Head of the Youth Defender Unit Responds to DA's Harmful Juvenile Policy
SAN FRANCISCO - On September 13, 2022, Emily Goldman, the Managing Attorney of...
SF Public Defender’s Office Lauds City Attorney’s Dismissal of Tenderloin Injunctions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2022
MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | (628)249-7946
**PRESS RELEASE**
SF Public Defender’s Office Lauds City Attorney’s Dismissal of...
SF Standard Explores Why It Can Be So Hard to Get...
Having any type of contact with the criminal legal system can have far-reaching consequences on one's ability to move forward, even decades later. Arrests...
What is the Restorative Justice program, and why is DA Jenkins...
In August 2022, Deputy Public Defender Crystal Carpino learned that the nascent Restorative Justice court program was being halted under the administration of appointed...