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SF Public Defender Launches “CopWatch SF” Database to Ensure Public Access to Available Police Records

New Documents Reveal ICE and Private Prison Contractor Exacerbated a COVID Outbreak at Immigration Detention Center

SF Public Defender’s Office Wins Acquittal for Client Accused of Carjacking and Robbery

California Becomes the First State in the Nation to End Collection of Fees in the Criminal Legal System

SF Board of Supervisors Unanimously Passes Resolution Urging Governor Newsom to Pardon Immigrant Rights Leader Charles Joseph

Petitioners Allege CDCR Purposefully Ignored Marin County Health Official Warnings about Dangers at San Quentin; Over 400 pages of Evidence Presented

After Judge Ordered ICE to Test All Detainees and Staff at Mesa Verde, Fifty Percent of Detainees Test Positive for COVID-19

SF Public Defender Wins Acquittal in First Trial since COVID-19 Crisis

San Francisco Public Defender Successfully Frees Client; Fights Back Against a Life-in-Prison Charge

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