Nashville’s top public defender Dawn Deaner explains why she thinks public defending has been “set up to fail” and how working to engage the community—both those who need public defenders and those who never will—is a lifeline for a profession in crisis.
<a href="https://www.courtinnovation.org/publications/dawn-deaner-podcast">Full show notes</a> (includes pictures and episode transcript)

Nashville’s top public defender Dawn Deaner explains why she thinks public defending has been “set up to fail” and how working to engage the community—both those who need public defenders and those who never will—is a lifeline for a profession in crisis. Full show notes (includes pictures and episode transcript)

Nashville’s top public defender Dawn Deaner explains why she thinks public defending has been “set up to fail” and how working to engage the community—both those who need public defenders and those who never will—is a lifeline for a profession in crisis.
<a href="https://www.courtinnovation.org/publications/dawn-deaner-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer">Full show notes</a> (includes pictures and episode transcript)

Putting the Public in Public Defending: Standing Up for a Profession in Crisis

New Thinking is a podcast about justice—and injustice—in America. It’s about the people working to fix a justice system that falls so short of our ideals, and the people organizing to build something new in its place. It’s hosted by Matt Watkins and produced by the Center for Justice Innovation (formerly Center for Court Innovation).

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Putting the Public in Public Defending: Standing Up for a Profession in Crisis

Putting the Public in Public Defending: Standing Up for a Profession in Crisis