Tag: Summer Sit-Ins

Jul

SF Public Defender’s Office Concludes “Summer Sit-In” Series Protesting Speedy Trial Violations and Court Backlog; Reports Progress in Felony Courts, Continued Violations in Misdemeanors

July 21, 2023San Francisco Public DefenderPress Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 28, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: San Francisco Public Defender PIO Valerie Ibarra | (628) 249-7946 | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org **PRESS RELEASE** SF Public Defender’s Office Concludes “Summer Sit-In” Series Protesting Speedy Trial Violations and Court Backlog;Reports Progress in Felony Courts, Continued Violations in Misdemeanors More than 1,100 trials are delayed past their Constitutionally-mandated deadlines, with 115...

Jun

SF Public Defender’s Office Launches “Summer Sit-Ins” to Draw Attention to Worsening Trial Backlog

June 8, 2023San Francisco Public DefenderPress Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2023CONTACT: San Francisco Public Defender PIO Valerie Ibarra | (628) 249-7946 | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org **MEDIA ADVISORY** SF Public Defender’s Office Continues “Summer Sit-Ins” to Draw Attention to Worsening Trial Backlog; Seventh in Series to Focus on Legal Challenges to the Backlog NOTE SPECIAL LOCATION: Civic Center Courthouse, 400 McAllister St. More than 1,100 trials...