Chesa Boudin was San Francisco’s top prosecutor for less than three years. In that short time he became a potent symbol of a movement to rethink crime and punishment’s promise — and its perils.

Joseph Bell is a free man now, but he still recalls with pain the 22 years he spent in state prison while sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for a San Francisco robbery in which his ...

“We are confident San Francisco voters will reject this Republican-funded and endorsed effort,” Edwards said. Andrea Shorter, spokesperson for the San Franciscans for Public Safety Supporting the ...

Back in January 2020 when Chesa Boudin was sworn in as San Francisco’s district attorney, I called attention to the strange video of ardent congratulations that Justice Sonia Sotomayor somehow ...

Republicans Should Think Much Bigger on Tax Cuts Recent polling indicates that 64 percent of San Francisco Democrats support recalling their district attorney, Chesa Boudin. San Francisco ...

both the Ethics Commission and Cheng agreed that the group failed to disclose payments it made to a campaign spokesperson who was working to recall then-District Attorney Chesa Boudin in 2021 and 2022 ...

This week the fallout claimed its first victim, with San Francisco's district attorney, Chesa Boudin, voted out of office. On one side of the debate is London Breed, San Francisco's Democratic ...

In California’s primary elections on Tuesday, San Francisco voted to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin, Gov. Gavin Newsom will face Republican Brian Dahle in November elections ...

Kenneth Cha is the second officer to be charged with manslaughter for an on-duty fatal police shooting in San Francisco history. Both prosecutions were brought under District Attorney Chesa Boudin, ...

San Francisco's top prosecutor has a unique life story and a background as a criminal justice reformer. He spoke with the BBC's James Clayton. Chesa Boudin was elected district attorney of San ...

SAN FRANCISCO—The recall election that would determine the fate of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was held on June 7. Boudin’s supporters had gathered at a restaurant overlooking ...

In 2022, San Francisco voters recalled progressive Dist. Atty. Chesa Boudin and three school board members over voter frustrations during the pandemic. In November, East Bay voters ousted two ...