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New Book Profiles Public Defender Elite

Author Kevin Davis discusses his book, Defending the Damned: Inside Chicago's Cook County Public Defender's Office. Davis shadowed Chicago's elite murder task force, the public defenders who represent accused rapists and serial killers who have the deck — and often the evidence — stacked against them.

Kevin Davis, author, Defending the Damned: Inside Chicago's Cook County Public Defender's Office

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