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Public defenders' firings protested amid bail reform push

| March 5, 2020 2:05 PM

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The firing of two county public defenders in the Philadelphia suburbs is drawing a growing backlash, coming after their office filed a court brief that said systemic failures in cash bail practices are rife in Pennsylvania.

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