Santa Cruz Public Defender Heather Rogers and Assistant County Administrative Officer Nicole Coburn appear during the first panel at "Meeting the Need: The State of Public Defense in California," a one-day conference hosted by UC Davis School of Law.
The first panel at a conference on publicly funded criminal defense on Thursday included one person who looked out of place: A blocky, uniformed rural sheriff. But San Benito County Sheriff Eric Taylor said that even though it might look like he was "tricked into being here," he came with a purpose.
"I honestly believe that a good strong public defender makes better police officers and deputy sheriffs," Taylor told the audience at "Meeting the Need: The S...
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