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 Office space for rent at 2431 Fillmore Street in November, 2002 as Jeff Adachi leaves private practice to assume the Public Defender's office. Adachi had been fired by a political appointee (Kim Burton) whom he later defeated on election day. |
San Francisco
public defender Jeff Adachi is at the center
of the compelling 2001 documentary
Presumed Guilty. Filmmakers Pamela
Yates and Peter Kinoy garnered unprecedented access to attorney-client
meetings as they observed the efforts of Adachi and fellow public defenders
Phoenix Streets, Michele Forrar, and Will Maas to fight for defendants
otherwise at the mercy of prosecutors and judges. Profiled clients include
Lam Choi, who killed a Chinese gang leader, and Marcos Ranjel, the hit
man in the notorious Pink Tarantula
case.
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Copyright 2002 Hank Donat |