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Matthew Clair

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How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System?

Without a more fundamental transformation of criminal law, public defenders often provide only a limited form of equality and fairness before the law.

by Matthew Clair via The Nation on December 14, 2020

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Reimagining the Public Defender

For the poor, who are disproportionately people of color, the criminal justice system in the United States is essentially a plea-and-probation system.

by Sarah A. Seo via New York Review of Books on November 11, 2021

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