I met countless young public defenders who had begun their careers filled with enthusiasm, only to have the passion beaten out of them by a system that effectively expects public defenders to help process poor people into prison cells, writes Jonathan Rapping, who was awarded a 2014 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship for his work at Gideons Promise, the organization he co-founded to train and support public defenders.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:00:02 +0000
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