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Deborah Madden

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Can San Francisco Tap Into Deborah Madden's Pension?

    Deborah Madden is still smiling...​Disgraced former crime lab technician Deborah Madden will not face any criminal charges, despite triggering a scandal that led to millions of dollars in city costs and a literal Get Out of Jail Free card for thousands of accused drug criminals. Madden is now free ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Exclusive: SFPD Concealed DNA Sample Switch at Crime Lab

    ​Records of bungle in 2008 case were destroyed, investigation findsA forensics analyst's error that resulted in a mix-up of DNA samples, reportedly in a homicide case, has been concealed by officials at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab for close to two years, SF Weekly has learned. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Jeff Adachi: Convictions From Past 15 Years Could Be Affected by Brady Disclosures

    Richard BuiHow much do cops' backgrounds matter during court cases? This much, says Public Defender Jeff Adachi.​San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi anticipates that criminal convictions spanning more than a decade will be affected by the district attorney's identification of dozens of offic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    DA Kamala Harris' Office Has ID'd at Least 76 Police Employees With Problem Backgrounds

    D.A. Kamala Harris​The San Francisco District Attorney's office has so far notified Public Defender Jeff Adachi in writing of 76 police department employees with criminal or disciplinary backgrounds requiring disclosure.The letters come in response to a judge's order that D.A. Kamala Harris move q ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Judge Blames D.A. Kamala Harris for Crime-Lab Scandal

    D.A. Kamala Harris has some explaining to do​A San Francisco Superior Court judge has blamed San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris for the debacle that has grown out of misconduct at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab, saying Harris' office ignored its constitutional obligation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    D.A. Kamala Harris Appoints Iran-Contra Prosecutor to Handle S.F. Criminal Cop Scandal

    John Keker, who went after Iran-Contra defendant Oliver North (pictured), will soon be looking into the SFPD.​District Attorney Kamala Harris announced today that she will appoint a high-powered private attorney to review the growing scandal over her office's failure to disclose the criminal backg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Spokesman For Embattled DA Kamala Harris: I'm Outta Here

    We won't have Brian Buckelew to kick around anymore ... unless we're judges and juries​After answering media queries on former crime lab tech Deborah Madden and her cohorts snorting the evidence and, ahem, some rather critical media coverage, the spokesman for embattled District Attorney Kamala Ha ... More >>

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    A Lack of Conviction

    As D.A. Kamala Harris campaigns to be attorney general, her success rate in felony trials has dropped below that of any big-city prosecutor in California.

  • News

    May 5, 2010

    Crime-lab fiasco led to alleged drug dealers being freed

    As D.A. Kamala Harris campaigns to be attorney general, her success rate in felony trials has dropped below that of any big-city prosecutor in California.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Cops Bid Adieu to Scandal-Plagued Drug Lab

    Sorry, kids. The San Francisco Police Department is getting out of the drug business.​San Francisco Police employees will stop doing drugs, Chief George Gascon today announced. No, really. The department's drug lab -- site of a massive scandal involving narcotics-skimming tech Deborah Madden -- wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    S.F. Cops' Criminal Pasts Could Overturn Convictions

    This kind of behavior needs to be reported to a defense attorney. In San Francisco, it hasn't been. ​The District Attorney's office -- already reeling from cocaine-skimming crime lab tech Deborah Madden and her cohorts tossing narcotic evidence into an "unsecured cardboard box" -- now has a new pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    D.A. Kamala Harris Doesn't Know How Many S.F. Cops Are Also Criminals

    ​You heard that right: San Francisco District Attorney and Police Chief George Gascon said at a press conference this afternoon that they don't know how many police officers in San Francisco have past criminal convictions.The press conference came in the wake of damaging revelations in the San Fra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    The Week in Gay: Anti-Immigration Laws Bad, Anti-Gay Laws Good

    Your future drinking accomodations. ​ I'm just going to say this once - up front - and then I'm going to move on: The furor raised over the Arizona illegal immigrant law is interesting to watch from my queer perch. I understand the outrage. The nerve of one state threatening to restrict the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Transgender Attack Cases Backlogged in Crime Lab Finally Getting Their Due

    Ruby Ordenana​Long before Deborah Madden got caught skimming coke from evidence containers, Donzell Francis, 41, was reaping the benefits of an overburdened crime lab. Although today he'll be charged with crimes stemming from attacks on two transgender prostitutes (including one murder count), Fra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Drug-Skimming Crime Lab Tech Deborah Madden Now Attorney General's Problem

    The party at the SFPD drug lab may soon be over​The California Attorney General's office will handle any criminal charges filed against former San Francisco crime-lab technician Deborah Madden for her alleged role in tampering with narcotics evidence, District Attorney Kamala Harris announced toda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Your Rundown on the Week in S.F. Government

    A Tea Party slogan unknown in San Franciso government​Should be a fun week -- the Board of Supervisors is weighing in on the fiasco involving narcotics analysis at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab, the Police Commission is trying to reform its process for disciplining wayward officers ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2010

    Blood Simple: Plebotomist goes for the neck

    A Tea Party slogan unknown in San Franciso government​Should be a fun week -- the Board of Supervisors is weighing in on the fiasco involving narcotics analysis at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab, the Police Commission is trying to reform its process for disciplining wayward officers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Public Defender Jeff Adachi Says D.A. Kamala Harris Blowing Off Crime Lab Scandal -- and Him

    Public Defender Jeff Adachi ain't happy with D.A. Kamala Harris​San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi sharply criticized District Attorney Kamala Harris' handling of a growing scandal at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab today, saying the city's top prosecutor had ignored repeated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Can San Francisco Narcotics Cops Play 'Mr. Wizard?'

    'Looks like you've got some primo blow there, Billy...'​With San Francisco crime lab tech Deborah Madden accused of going Scarface with the lab's coke stash, the police now are going to try their hand at Mr. Wizard. Backing up: Since the crime lab's narcotics unit has gone dark pending an investig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    It's Your Petite Friday Morning News Quiz -- With a Prize

    Sorry, the other pictures would have given away the answers​It's even more simple than the answer to the question, "Is Gavin Newsom gonna run for lieutenant governor?" Answer the five questions correctly, send me the answers here, and you win a little prize. Comprende? 1. Who is Deborah J. Madden? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Accused Coke Thief Lab Tech Has Colleagues in High Places

    ​The allegations tumbling out of the city's much-maligned crime lab seem to be ripped straight from Law & Order. Veteran lab tech Deborah Madden is accused of purloining the cocaine she was supposed to be testing, resulting in a swath of accused felony drug-pushers literally earning a Get Out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Police Will Still Bust Drug Dealers Despite Crime Lab Closure

    Still in business...​Police Chief George Gascon ensured in a Thursday afternoon press conference that police are continuing to bust drug dealers even as the department crime lab's narcotics unit went dark this week after accusations one of the civilian lab technicians was skimming drugs from evide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Drug Scandal 'Will Be Taken Into Consideration' Regarding S.F. Crime Lab's Accreditation

    The executive director of the nation's largest crime lab accreditation body said the San Francisco lab's drug scandal has not escaped his attention."I had a conversation with the [San Francisco] lab today," said Ralph Keaton following allegations 60-year-old technician Deborah Madden used cocaine s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Public Defender Wants Investigation Of 'Secret Society of Criminalists' at Crime Lab

    Seriously, what's going on at that crime lab? ​San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi is calling for an outside investigation of the police's crime lab after news came out late Tuesday that a former civilian lab technician, Deborah Madden, had allegedly stolen cocaine evidence samples from at l ... More >>

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