public defender

Chesa Boudin was elected San Francisco District Attorney earlier this month. But before taking that job, he was a public defender, and he learned how…

Thoughts on the "Anatomy of a Criminal Case, The Courtroom and Just What Happens Inside"Host Jeff Hayden, Certified Criminal Law Specialist, CA Board of…

San Francisco is the only city in California where the voters choose their public defender. Since 2002, the city has elected Jeff Adachi. He comes from a…

On today's Your Call, we’ll speak with public defenders about representing the poor. It’s been more than half a century since the Supreme Court ruled that…