By Holly Kernan, KALW Crosscurrents
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 long line of public defenders who have been fighting to give equal representation to those caught up in the criminal justice system. Every year, his office takes on more than 25,000 clients who otherwise would not be able to afford a lawyer.
“San Francisco is the most progressive, pro-union, lefty — and I’d probably be the poster boy for that in many ways.”
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