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Fixing Legal Injustice In America

“Fixing Legal Injustice In America,” By Andrea Lyon.

New book argues the U.S. needs a ‘Defender General’ to fight for poor and oppressed inmates

In these times of reckoning with racist policies, police misconduct, and mass incarceration, many in our country have been asking: “How can we fix this?”

Reset talks with a former public defender and death row expert who proposes one solution: an independent Defender General of the United States.

GUEST: Andrea Lyon, criminal defense attorney, death penalty expert and author

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