SF News Huge Spike in SF Criminal Trial Cases Prompts Audit, Bogged-Down Courts to Release Some Defendants Some pre-trial defendants will be released from SF jails merely because there aren’t enough lawyers for their cases, and now the SF Controller will audit the situation, as DA Brooke Jenkins has brought a wave of misdemeanor prosecutions.
SF News SF Jury Acquits Woman Who Stabbed the Guy Who Sent Her Kids Revenge Porn Videos A San Francisco woman beat the rap on a felony assault charge, as the jury was shown evidence that the fellow she stabbed had secretly recorded the two of them having sex, and then sent the video to her teenage children.
SF News Public Defender Launches CopWatch, A Searchable Police Misconduct Database An online tool with the extremely cool name CopWatch lets you search on public records of officer complaints, but not much has been uploaded yet.
SF News SF Deputy Public Defender And Private Attorney Questioned In Contraband Drug Smuggling Case Smuggled contraband discovered in defendant’s’ shoes brought into court by lawyers https://t.co/RcCstvFLlX via @jonahowenlamb pic.twitter.com/y7ErU0VzNR— SF Examiner (@sfexaminer) January 5, 2017 In a situation straight out
