3 d. ago SF Public Defender’s Office to add 4 positions for immigration cases after $3.4M donation

SF Public Defender’s Office to add 4 positions for immigration cases after $3.4M donation  Local News Matters

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7 d. ago Hurricane Katrina helped change New Orleans' public defender system

In 2006, Ari Shapiro reported on how Hurricane Katrina made an already broken public defender system in New Orleans worse. The court system collapsed in the aftermath of the storm.Katrina caused horrific destruction in New Orleans. It threw incarcerated people into a sort of purgatory - some were lost in prisons for more than a year. But the storm also cleared the way for changes that the city's public defender system had needed for decades. Two decades later, Shapiro returns to New Orleans and finds a system vastly improved.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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8 d. ago Market Basket chairman defends company after David D’Alessandro’s op

"These are baseless tropes from Arthur’s scorched earth PR campaign aimed at scaring the public." The post Market Basket chairman defends company after David D’Alessandro’s op-ed appeared first on Boston.com.

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8 d. ago Replace cops with social workers, 'transit ambassadors' on some 911 calls: Mamdani

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani defends public safety plan calling for mental health teams, other civilians to handle certain 911 calls as alternative to hiring more NYPD officers.

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8 d. ago Hurricane Katrina was a catalyst for change in New Orleans' public defender office

Hurricane Katrina exposed longstanding flaws in the New Orleans criminal justice system. In the 20 years since, there has been dramatic change in the public defender office.

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8 d. ago Public defenders in Massachusetts and other states demand a pay raise

Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

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3 w. ago Funders commit $1B toward developing AI tools for frontline workers

A coalition of funders, including the Gates Foundation and Ballmer Group, will spend $1 billion over 15 years to help develop artificial intelligence tools for public defenders, parole officers, social workers and others who help Americans in precarious situations.

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4 w. ago ‘Tradition matters. Public safety also matters’: Newton mayor defends removal of Italian flag traffic lines

Mayor Ruthanne Fuller of Newton said the double yellow lines were implemented to support “public safety." The post ‘Tradition matters. Public safety also matters’: Newton mayor defends removal of Italian flag traffic lines appeared first on Boston.com.

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