Former L.A. public defender picked to lead federal Office for Access to Justice
LA TimesFormer Public Defender Rachel Rossi, pictured in 2019, will lead the U.S. Justice Department’s Office for Access to Justice. Are your kids OK?’ In that role and seeing the racial disparities of people who are in the system, but She went on to become a public defender in Los Angeles and to help Congress write prison reform legislation that reduced mandatory minimum sentences, and later became the Justice Department’s first coordinator on hate crimes. Rossi currently serves as a deputy associate attorney general, where she leads U.S. Justice Department efforts related to criminal justice reform, law enforcement community engagement, access to justice and combating hate crimes and bias. Rossi’s mix of experience with the Justice Department, Capitol Hill and on the ground as a public defender would be difficult for anyone to match, said Miriam Krinsky, executive director of Fair and Just Prosecution, a criminal justice policy advocacy group.
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