Jonathan Rapping

Jonathan Rapping is president and founder of Gideon’s Promise, an organization dedicated to building a movement of public defenders to transform criminal justice in our nation’s most broken systems. He is also an associate professor and the director of the Honors Program in Criminal Justice at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. He was named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow for his transformative work on criminal-justice reform. 

The Other Baltimore Story: Ronald Hammond and ‘Routine Injustice’

The Other Baltimore Story: Ronald Hammond and ‘Routine Injustice’ The Other Baltimore Story: Ronald Hammond and ‘Routine Injustice’

The right to a lawyer is a key protection against unjust prison sentences, but public defenders are overwhelmed and under-resourced.

May 15, 2015 / Jonathan Rapping

It’s Not Just the Cops

It’s Not Just the Cops It’s Not Just the Cops

Public defenders know that the trouble with our justice system extends far beyond abusive policing.

Jan 12, 2015 / Jonathan Rapping

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