A federal public defender nominated to the Philadelphia-based circuit fielded questions from Senate Judiciary Republicans about criminal law as the panel prepares for a Supreme Court confirmation hearing for former defender Ketanji Brown Jackson.
“Can you tell me your opinion? What if anything is wrong with the criminal justice system in America?” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) asked U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit nominee Arianna Freeman, who was a federal public defender in Philadelphia for over 12 years.
“I understand that there are numerous issues involving the criminal justice system that are a matter of vigorous debate in ...
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