#146: Public Defense and Criminal Justice Reform

 
Jonathan Rapping

Jonathan Rapping

 
 

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We know that every part of the criminal justice system needs transformational change.  We’ve heard this about police, prosecution, the courts, and prisons.  But what about public defense systems? 

We talk to Jonathan Rapping, founder and president of Gideon’s Promise, a national organization supporting public defenders, and the author of “Gideon’s Promise: A Public Defender Movement to Transform Criminal Justice,” (Beacon Press, 2020).