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Chesa Boudin, in policy shift, seeks to clear case backlog by leaning more on grand juries for charges
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San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin wants to use grand juries to bring charges in many open criminal cases.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin says: “It’s unacceptable that we have so many cases that are so old, especially cases that are so serious.”Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Daylight was just beginning to wash over the Tenderloin on a late March day in 2017 when an assailant in a white jacket approached Robert Matthews, stabbed the 47-year-old homeless man in the neck, head and face, and left him bleeding to death on the Golden Gate Avenue sidewalk. Within 10 hours, police believed they had their man.