WGN Radio’s Karen Conti is joined by former Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli to discuss the reaction that now-confirmed and soon-to-be-sworn-in as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received during her hearing for having worked as a public defender. She stressed the need for public defense attorneys and cited wrongful convictions and disproportionate punishments as reasons they are a necessity.
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