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Marci Tarrant Johnson

Pretrial

The votes to join the state’s largest public employee union were overwhelming

The head of the Maryland Defenders Union reflects on the history of public defenders in the U.S. — and expresses hope for the union’s efforts to gain collective bargaining rights.

Public Defenders

Last year, public defenders in Maryland organized with our social worker and core staff colleagues to form the Maryland Defenders Union, Local 423 of…