Ask A Public Defender

Published: March 16, 2021, 7:52 p.m.

Public defenders are attorneys who are appointed to work on behalf of defendants who can't afford to hire their own representation. But they aren't always supported in the ways that maybe they should be.

We talked to three professionals in the field about their work.

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