Posts Tagged ‘Brandon Banks’
With no benefits and less pay than prosecutors, entry-level public defenders want a raise
They have no health insurance. They work ten or 11-hour days. They have no free weekends. No, they aren’t flipping burgers at a fast food restaurant. They are attorneys on the government’s payroll. Public defenders, the lawyers hired by the county government to aid those who cannot afford legal representation, showed up at the Contra…
Read More“Black lives matter” rallies unite Bay Area public defenders
Public defenders staged courthouse demonstrations across the Bay Area on Thursday to urge reform in the criminal justice system’s treatment of people of color.
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