http://sfappeal.com/2013/12/redaction-action-san-franciscos-public-defender-accuses-district-attorneys-office-of-withholding-witness-info/ SF Appeal: San Francisco's Online Newspaper Sun, 06 May 2018 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.24 http://sfappeal.com/2013/12/redaction-action-san-franciscos-public-defender-accuses-district-attorneys-office-of-withholding-witness-info/#comment-24742 Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:39:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=62227#comment-24742 It always amazes me that while government forces and the games they play are generally the cause of increased costs to the system, defendants and their attorneys are generally to blame, because the public does not really get to view the sausage-factory nature of the criminal adjudication process and they can’t imagine that “their” government would so dramatically disserve them. It is good that Adachi brought this outrage to public attention, because it is important for the public to understand that their public “servants” are generally the wrench tossed into the works. The DA should hang his head in shame – he knows the defense has a right to all contact information for witnesses in criminal matters – there is nothing new nor controversial about that. And this could not happen if irresponsible, executive-leaning judges didn’t allow it! We have the least neutral judiciary and the least justice-focusing prosecution forces in the country, and there needs to be a reckoning!

]]> http://sfappeal.com/2013/12/redaction-action-san-franciscos-public-defender-accuses-district-attorneys-office-of-withholding-witness-info/#comment-24741 Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:55:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=62227#comment-24741 And you would expect any different type of action from an employee of the City of San Francisco? This is just on par with everything else that goes on…

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