Letters,
Judges and Judiciary
Apr. 27, 2018
System needs judges who understand bias
It is disappointing that the Judicial Council of the CABL does not recognize the significance of four experienced public defenders of color who are running to help reform the judiciary, along with the criminal justice system it presides over.
Kwixuan H. Maloof
Managing Attorney
San Francisco Public Defender's Office
Email: kwixuan.maloof@sfgov.org
The Judicial Council of the California Association of Black Lawyers (CABL) claims the decision of four public defenders -- all of whom are people of color -- to run against incumbent judges in San Francisco "undermines judicial independence" and threatens "judicial diversity." ("Defend the independence of the judiciary," April 26). As the current president of CABL, I can assure them that our organization's founders would not only approve of the public defenders enteri...
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