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Airs Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 12 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, April 3 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2

President Obama's time in office has not been defined by terrorism as President George W. Bush's was. Yet incidents like the one in Boston have been a regular, painful through line of his presidency.

Airs Friday, April 19, 2013 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Around the country, budget cuts are bringing some federal public defenders to the breaking point. "We can't not pay the rent, and ... everything else is personnel. We can't send a computer to court," says Washington, D.C., public defender A.J. Kramer.

Steven Nolder joined the federal public defender's office when it opened in Columbus, Ohio, nearly 18 years ago. Nolder handled his share of noteworthy cases, including the first federal death penalty trial in the district and the indictment of a former NFL quarterback embroiled in a ticket fraud scheme.

Airs Friday, April 5, 2013 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Friday, March 29, 2013 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Next week marks the anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court decision that says defendants facing substantial jail time deserve legal representation in state courts, even if they can't afford it. Now, many lawyers say the system for providing defense attorneys for the poor is in crisis.

Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in which the justices unanimously ruled that defendants facing substantial jail time deserved legal representation in state courts, even if they couldn't afford to pay for it.