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As Director of the Snohomish County Office of Public Defense, I am proud of the work public defenders do for the accused and underprivileged. It is from that place that I concernedly write about representations made by Anna Alexander, candidate for judge.

I have known this candidate as Anna Goykhman for the 12 years I worked as a public defender. She had a successful career representing the accused as a public defender and as a for-profit defense attorney. Her advocacy for those accused of sex crimes and DV offenses is well-known.

However, Ms. Goykhman/Alexander now claims in campaign maili...