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Philly public defenders pick new chief

Keisha Hudson worked as a deputy chief public defender in Montgomery County and until she and her boss were abruptly fired in a controversial move.

File photo: Danielle Kwock Phillips, at the podium, Temple Law NLG, Decarcerate PA and The Judges Accountability Table, speaks to protestors gathered on the steps of the Montgomery County courthouse about the recent firings of top public defenders Dean Beer and Keisha Hudson, at the same time as the Montgomery County Commissioners meeting takes place across the street, in Norristown, PA, March 5, 2020.
File photo: Danielle Kwock Phillips, at the podium, Temple Law NLG, Decarcerate PA and The Judges Accountability Table, speaks to protestors gathered on the steps of the Montgomery County courthouse about the recent firings of top public defenders Dean Beer and Keisha Hudson, at the same time as the Montgomery County Commissioners meeting takes place across the street, in Norristown, PA, March 5, 2020.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer