Atlanta lawyer wins MacArthur genius grant Jonathan Rapping, an Atlanta lawyer, laughs when he says hes no genius but is deadly serious when he speaks about the plight of poor people charged with crimes. The United States, he says, has come to accept an embarrassingly low standard of justice for poor people who cannot afford their own lawyers and must rely on counsel provided by the state. Rappings determination to change that earned him a 2014 MacArthur Foundation genius grant. Keep reading: on-ajc/1u7dFCv Past winners: on-ajc/1uGuUgD
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:21:37 +0000