Articles Posted on March 27th, 2012

  • Mirkarimi Defense Files Writ to Overturn Lee’s Suspension

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    Mirkarimi Defense Files Writ to Overturn Lee’s Suspension

    According to Waggoner, “Because Mirkarimi was not sheriff at the time of the alleged misconduct, Lee’s suspension amounts to an abuse of discretion. We are a city and nation of laws, and there is a legal standard that must be followed. By suspending the Sheriff for conduct that occurred before he assumed office and is not directly related to his job duties, Mayor Lee failed to follow the law.”

  • Guild Program to Examine Issues Raised by “The Josh Wolf Story”

    Guild Program to Examine Issues
    Raised by “The Josh Wolf Story”

    Wolf spent 226 days, mostly in solitary confinement, at the federal detention center in Dublin between August 2006 and April 2007 for refusing to surrender raw video footage and give testimony to a federal grand jury regarding violent incidents at an anarchists’ rally in July 2005.