Assistant public defender taking expertise to Afghanistan

URBANA – It wasn't exactly the prosecutorial role she'd hoped for, but Janie Miller-Jones will have an impressive title in the new year.

"I've been told I'm going to be the chief of military justice. I can't get away from criminal law," said Miller-Jones, an assistant public defender for Champaign County.

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