Please answer the following questions.
1. What role does geographic location play in the quality of representation provided by the public defender?
2. How does the overburdened public defense system contribute to issues of wrongful conviction?
3. Considering the war on drugs, discuss what role the war on drugs might play in contributing to an overburdened public defense system?
4. What relationship exists between race, the war on drugs, and the overburdened public defender system?
5. How can we solve the problems of an overburdened public defense system and racial discrimination in the criminal justice system?
