At final hearing, TaShun Bowden-Lewis seeks 'common ground'

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At final hearing, TaShun Bowden-Lewis seeks 'common ground'

In closing statements during a hearing to determine her future leading the Division of Public Defender Services, Chief Public Defender TaShun Bowden-Lewis on Thursday offered an olive branch to the agency’s regulatory oversight body: “I am ready and willing to talk and find a common ground.”  Her remarks capped two public hearings, a result of the Public Defender Services Commission placing Bowden-Lewis on paid administrative leave following rec…