US Politics
A Step Toward Justice: California's Imperfect but Vital Public Defense Reforms
California has enacted two landmark laws to reform its broken public defense system, banning harmful flat-fee contracts in life-or-death cases and mandating transparency. This long-overdue legislative step is a vital, emotional victory for justice, finally placing basic constitutional guardrails against a system that has for too long sacrificed human liberty for county budgets and administrative convenience.
