Female Public Defenders Are Unsung Heroines. It Is Long Past Time to Change That.

Female Public Defenders Are Unsung Heroines. It Is Long Past Time to Change That.

"The few times that court-appointed advocates for the indigent and despised are portrayed as heroes, they are almost always men."

By Lara Bazelon | May 11, 2021

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