San Francisco Public Defender's Office

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23 April 2026 23:30

Today we joined public defenders nationwide in wearing black to protest rising caseloads & offices that are underfunded & overburdened. Across the U.S., poor people are unfairly prosecuted, take bad plea deals & are unjustly punished because defenders lack adequate resources. tinyurl.com/Defender423

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

sfpublicdefender.sf.gov

23 April 2026 01:38

Pierre Constant spent 18+ months in jail for an attack he did not commit. Jurors acquitted Constant, in a case rife with police and DA delays and violations. Prosecutors took more than a year to give the defense exonerating DNA evidence. sfpublicdefender.org/2026/04/21/j...

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

sfpublicdefender.sf.gov

23 April 2026 01:13

📣 Wear black on 4/23 📣 Join with @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov & defenders across the U.S. in wearing black on Thursday. We are raising the alarm on rising defender workloads and chronically understaffed, underfunded, & overburdened defender offices. Learn more: sfpublicdefender.org/2026/04/22/p...

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

sfpublicdefender.sf.gov

21 April 2026 21:27

#AB1917, the Respect Judicial Decisions Act, passed the CA Assembly Appropriations Committee! Thx to bill author @asmnickschultz.bsky.social for working to strengthen fairness & due process in our courts, and to fellow co‑sponsors Californians for Safety & Justice, CA Attys for Criminal Justice.

San Francisco Public Defender's Office

sfpublicdefender.sf.gov

14 April 2026 01:46

An appeals court affirmed it's halting a $26K fine against SF Public Defender @manorajupd.bsky.social. Lower court Judge Harry Dorfman fined Raju for declining some felony cases due to overburdened attys & staff. The ofc still handles the vast majority of cases. sfpublicdefender.org/2026/04/10/c...