Today, I am proud to have fulfilled a significant campaign promise, as we announced the launch of a Post-Conviction Unit and an Innocence Commission. When someone has been wrongly convicted, it is incumbent upon prosecutors to correct that injustice.https://www.sfdistrictattorney.org/press-release/formation-of-post-conviction-unit-and-innocence-commission/ …
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Great! Since the focus is on felonies, PD is already familiar with 70% of the cases. I doubt many with the resources for private representation were wrongfully convicted.
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Actually, PDs in San Francisco are better at indigent defense. https://www.capolicylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Policy-Brief-Comparing-Indigent-Defense-Yotam-Shem-Tov-Nov-2018.pdf … To be clear though, many defendants have court appointed private attorneys as opposed to public defenders for conflict reasons, not because they're wealthy.
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