Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner on Drugs & Criminal Justice Reform
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How Did You Decide to Be a Public Defender?
Ethan Loy: I've been fascinated by crimes since i was probably 12 or 13. Why did you decide to become a public defender? Your dad was te secular jew who, among other things, wrote crime novels and had among his admirers famous detective story writer a chandler. When i came out of law school, i was really fascinated by criminal justice. But what i found in 19 87, including interviewing at the philadelphia da's office, which i now run, is that i felt much more of a connection to the public defenders. You know, i walked out of the interview with most of the prosecutors offices and it was this very sort of driven approach directed at retribution
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