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@scasca16

First-Gen Chicana Public Defender | Abolitionist | she/her | *views are my own*

Joined December 2017
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Courts are closed tomorrow for Juneteenth. My incarcerated clients, all of whom are black men, will remain in jail to celebrate the emancipation of slaves. This is America.
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2 years. Over 1500 cases. Forever grateful for each of my clients in Maryland. Thank you for keeping me going through the toughest of days. Now on to King County Department of Public Defense and my forever home in Seattle.
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Absolutely this. District court case loads are unsustainable in Maryland. 26-32 cases set for trial in a single day with attorneys in court 2 or 3 times a week. We are struggling and our clients are the ones suffering the most.
Brendon Woods (@BrendonWoodsPD) profile pictureBrendon Woods@BrendonWoodsPD7 Aug 2021
I’ve never been more concerned about the 6th amendment right to counsel. If courts don’t open, if caseloads aren’t reduced, if public defender offices aren’t properly funded - CLIENTS WILL SUFFER & THERE WILL BE NO ONE LEFT TO DO THE WORK! #FundPublicDefense #EndMassIncarceration
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I definitely did not miss the feeling of a sweaty face mask stuck to my face while working out
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Dragging myself through 70 cases set for trial in one week like
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Please send thoughts and prayers
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Back to the good old days of having 80 cases all set for trial over the course of one week
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Going on a mini-vacation and not packing your laptop is so freeing
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Update: I made it home. Shoutout to the coworkers/friends who walk you to your apartment and swat the cicadas off you along the way
SCA (@scasca16) profile pictureSCA@scasca168 Jun 2021
Apparently the one thing in life that actually motivates me to wake up early is the knowledge that cicadas are less active in the morning. Made it to work at 7am 🙃
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Apparently the one thing in life that actually motivates me to wake up early is the knowledge that cicadas are less active in the morning. Made it to work at 7am 🙃
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This better be peak cicada week. They’re literally swarming and I haven’t gone outside in 4 days. Don’t know how much longer I’ll last.
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I promise to eventually stop tweeting about cicadas. Hopefully soon for both of our sakes.
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What exactly was going through my head when I decided it would be a good idea to pick up a client call at 8:30pm on a Saturday night?
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Never thought I would regret floor-to-ceiling windows but I can’t handle these cicadas constantly flying into them. How much longer must I suffer??
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THIS
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Visibly jumped during virtual bond hearings today as giant cicada after giant cicada flew directly into my window
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All I'm saying is that I never received scam calls before I downloaded Exam Soft. Now I get at least 10 a week. I've received 8 today alone.
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My new response to “HoW dO yOu DeFeNd ThOsE pEoPlE?”
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While trapped on a plane The person next to me: “so what do you do?” Me: “I’m a public defender” The person: “so how can you represent people who murder?” Cue an hour-long conversation. I just want to read my book 😭
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This also came after she asked if I was a real lawyer 😭😭
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This is going to be a real test of exposure therapy’s effectiveness…
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Saw a few cicadas. Promptly started hyperventilating. (I have a severe phobia of large bugs.) This is gonna be fun...
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Naturally, I’m in Maryland for this once-in-17-years nightmare...
Christina TylerWenks (@MusikFrau) profile pictureChristina TylerWenks@MusikFrau3 May 2021
Walking the dog after sunset. Thought wind was gently rustling leaves, except the noise was coming from my feet. #Cicadas are emerging. @capitalweather’s prediction was spot on. #broodx
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