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Choose grants first-ever Racial Justice Act movement in San Francisco

By Miles Cooper
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March 11, 2025
Choose grants first-ever Racial Justice Act movement in San Francisco
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Choose grants first-ever Racial Justice Act movement in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — For the primary time in San Francisco since Racial Justice Act grew to become state regulation in 2021, a decide granted an RJA movement filed by public defenders, attorneys mentioned.

The San Francisco Public Defender’s Workplace mentioned it efficiently raised the movement for a Black man, 22-year-old Adonte Bailey.

A police officer who arrested and testified at trial towards Bailey “exhibited implicit bias during the man’s arrest and during trial testimony,” SFPDO wrote.

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“Implicit bias plays a huge role in our legal system — from police to prosecutors to judge — and has historically resulted in the over-policing, over-charging, and over-sentencing of people of color,” mentioned Deputy Public Defender Diamond Ward, who represented Bailey.

At a RJA listening to, the decide diminished a few of Bailey’s felony convictions to misdemeanors.

Because the Racial Justice Act went into impact, San Francisco public defenders have filed RJA motions in quite a few circumstances, however few have resulted in judges granting evidentiary hearings. Bailey’s case was the primary RJA movement in San Francisco Superior Court docket that led to a decide grating a listening to and issuing cures for the defendant.

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Bailey was arrested in late 2023 whereas a police officer was responding to a report of somebody standing on the road with a gun. The officer’s personal phrases, recorded by his physique worn digicam, have been used on the listening to to point out proof of bias, attorneys mentioned.

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“The officer’s racially-coded words and discriminatory language amounted to a violation of the Racial Justice Act,” mentioned Deputy Public Defender Lilah Wolf, who argued the RJA movement in courtroom. “While our office has always challenged instances of more explicit racial animus toward our clients, the Racial Justice Act now empowers us to address this kind of insidious implicit bias that undercuts due process and perpetuates the unfair treatment of Black and Brown people in the criminal legal system.”

California’s Racial Justice Act states that implicit bias, which is usually unintentional and unconscious, could inject racism and unfairness.

“We hope that this ruling stands as a testament to the power of the California Racial Justice Act that we can win these motions and help challenge unjust convictions and sentences,” mentioned San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju.

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SFPDO mentioned the “groundbreaking” authorized victory was achieved by Deputy Public Defender Lilah Wolf, Deputy Public Defender Oliver Kroll, and analysis director Sujung Kim.

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