L asks the Big Questions

For 12 weeks this summer, I will be in Washington DC, working in a criminal law internship, living in a townhouse with two male graduate students I have never met before, eating under a budget, and experiencing the Real World for the first time.

But it's not all fun and Ramen noodles. This summer is also about answering some Big Questions:
1. What makes the Real World real?
2. How often are people convicted of crimes they didn't commit?
3. What drives people to crime?
4. What is public defense and what is its purpose?
5. Can justice ever really be served in the American criminal law system?