It’s time to nominate more defense attorneys to be judges | Opinion
Greater professional diversity is needed on the bench, writes Keisha Hudson. Without it, judgments from our courts disproportionately reflect the viewpoints of prosecutors.
Justice Thurgood Marshall, who retired in 1991, was the last member of the Supreme Court who worked as a defense attorney. A 2019 study found that former prosecutors outnumbered former defense attorneys on the federal bench by a ratio of 4-1.Read more
