NORFOLK — As the area’s chief public defender in capital murder cases, Douglas Ramseur says there is no such thing as winning when a life hangs in the balance.

In his three years heading the Capital Defender Office for Southeastern Virginia, Ramseur, 41, has gained a reputation as a courtroom crusader who is convinced that everyone is entitled to an effective defense, that not even the most heinous of criminals deserves to die.

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