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Will the Coronavirus Make Us Rethink Mass Incarceration?

new yorker article headerCommunity groups have pointed out the social costs of the prison system for decades. Now the pandemic has exposed its public-health risks.

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Indefensible: The Story of New Orleans' Public Defenders

More than 80% of defendants in New Orleans can’t afford a lawyer ...

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When the Public Defender Says, ‘I Can’t Help’

“Your Honor, we do not have a lawyer for this person at this time.”

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