Arraignments in NYC Plummet as NYPD “Work Stoppage” Continues

“This proves to us is what we all knew as defenders: You can end broken-windows policing without ending public safety,” Justine M. Luongo, the deputy attorney-in-charge of criminal practice for the Legal Aid Society, told the Times. The defender I spoke with echoed Luongo’s hopes, and said “This is exactly what should be happening.”

“As a public defender, we’re constantly overbooked,” another attorney told the Times.

Public defenders who have time to concentrate one each individual case? Sounds pretty good to me.