MT: the new state p.d. is here!

Good hire:

Randi Hood, a Helena lawyer with 30 years experience representing poor, accused criminals, was hired this week to be the state’s first chief public defender.

Hood, currently Lewis and Clark County’s chief public defender, will take the helm in early November of the state’s new statewide public defender agency...

"It has always been my deep desire to be a voice for people who don’t have much of a voice, Hood said, "I try to do the best job I can for them and I get a lot of satisfaction out of that."