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Jun. 12, 2023

San Francisco public defenders’ case backlog challenge is revived

San Francisco Public Defender Manohar Raju’s lawsuit, filed on behalf of a group of taxpayers, seeks to compel the court to prioritize criminal cases over civil cases. The court says they go to trial in a timely manner.

San Francisco public defenders staged the first of eight sit-in protests on Friday on the steps of the Hall of Justice one day after a court of appeal preserved the office’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the backlog of criminal trials.

The defense attorneys aim to bring awareness to “a civil rights and humanitarian abuse” that Public Defender Manohar Raju said in a Friday interview is occurring as more than 1,000 inmates wait...

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