{
  "id": 7038716,
  "title": "How Client Advocates Are Helping Overworked Public Defenders",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/how-client-advocates-are-helping-overworked-public-defenders",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-12T09:00:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/headway/can-a-teach-for-america-model-save-public-defense.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Public defenders are overworked and underpaid. A growing corps of client advocates is helping defendants in communities across the U.S.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}