(8/18/21) Public defenders represent more than 80 percent of the people accused of a crime in this country. More often than not, even the best of those defenders are overworked, underpaid and incentivized to put the interests of judges and politicians above those of their clients. Jonathan Rapping’s book Gideon's Promise: A Public Defender Movement to Transform Criminal Justice looks at the role public defenders play in upholding an unjust status quo. Join us for a look at one way to change the criminal justice system from the inside in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.