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John Oliver takes on the under-funding of the public defender system

John Oliver takes on the under-funding of the public defender system

by Peter Wagner, September 18, 2015

In case you missed it, Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver took on the problems caused by under-funding of the public defender system that defend people accused of crimes but are too poor to hire their own attorneys. This basic constitutional right is being undermined.

(As usual, for this late night HBO show, there is some strong language):

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One response:

  1. John Oliver explains how we set formerly incarcerated people up to fail | Prison Policy Initiative says:
    November 11, 2015 at 4:12 pm

    […] Oliver explains another broken aspect of the criminal justice system, re-entry. Oliver illustrates the various ways that we […]

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