- Occupation: Appointed Public Defender
- San Francisco's first female Public Defender, protecting the Constitutional rights of indigent people accused of crimes.
- Building a model public law office by instituting a formal training program for rookie lawyers and a case conference system for senior attorneys.
- A driving force behind juvenile justice reform. I have assigned senior lawyers to juvenile cases and worked to get kids into rehabilitation programs
- Working to expand alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders.
- Former Director of San Francisco's Criminal Justice Council, responsible for directing over $46 million to local agencies and community groups.
- Served as a Deputy Public Defender, working as a felony trial attorney representing hundreds of clients in nearly every type of criminal defense case.
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- I have devoted my career to juvenile justice reform. As Public Defender I have launched a program to move kids into rehabilitation within a week.
- I will continue to work to build a model public law office with a diverse group of lawyers devoted to providing the best defense for our clients.
- I will continue to find alternatives to incarceration, to ensure that we move people out of the justice system, instead of just through it.
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- Former San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Brown
- Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer
- Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
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- The Path to Juvenile Justice
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Burton discusses the problems with the juvenile justice
system in San Francisco and solutions she believes
will help move kids out of the system and on with their
lives.
- Strike One On "Three Strikes"
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Burton discusses the ways in which San Francisco has
reduced crime without emphasizing the "3 Strikes" law
and expresses her support of Leandro Andrade in his
challenge of this law on the grounds that it constitutes
cruel and unusual punishment.
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League of Women Voters of California
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