San Francisco Prosecutor's Office Shake-up after 1700 Drug Cases Called into Question

Additional infor­ma­tion is com­ing out regard­ing the scope of Deborah Madden’s recent crim­i­nal his­tory con­vic­tion, drug/alcohol use, and drug evi­dence theft. It appears that upwards of 1,700 cases have had Ms. Madden’s involve­ment since her crim­i­nal domes­tic vio­lence con­vic­tion, pre­vi­ously not dis­closed to prosecutors.

The then chief of the drug crimes divi­sion of the prosecutor’s office states she did not know Ms. Madden had a crim­i­nal his­tory, nor the scope of the prob­lems in the crime lab.

The San Francisco Prosecutors Office has gone through a re-organization, pos­si­bly as a result of the crime lab scandal.