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24 Jul 2012, 10:48 am
Public Defender Service has organized a biennial conference dedicated to raising the profile of indigent criminal defense work. [read post]
16 Oct 2008, 4:11 pm
It would create an office composed of qualified defense attorneys to oversee the provision of defense services to indigent capital defndants free of interference from prosecutors of the courts. [read post]
28 Feb 2009, 9:47 am
If local governments are under pressure to "do something" about indigent defense costs it may increase the pressure to socialize indigent defense. [read post]
17 Nov 2008, 5:48 am
To view them as cattle herders, whose only responsibility is to steer 100 head into jails, is outrageous.The problem isn't about cutting funding to indigent defense. [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 8:50 am
[ii] The federal government established the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to fund legal aid offices that provide non-criminal legal services for indigent people throughout the country. [read post]
22 Jan 2018, 3:22 pm
Applying the American Bar Association standards for indigent defense to the office, the analysis concluded that chronic underfunding and a lack of managerial independence accounted for inadequate defense services on behalf of Texas prisoners.See coverage from the Texas Observer and KWTX.The agency has been subsumed within TDCJ and does not even have its own line item in the state budget, according to the report, standing in stark contrast to the Special… [read post]
22 Jul 2007, 8:33 am
Since passage of the Texas Fair Defense Act in 2000, the body created to implement that law, the Task Force on Indigent Defense, has been working with counties to improve the delivery of legal services. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 12:08 pm
Roger Bedford (D-Russellville), among several other objectives, proposes to amend existing law by creating a state level 14-member Alabama Indigent Defense Commission, an office of Indigent Defense Services and 41 five-person indigent defense advisory boards in each of Alabama’s judicial circuits. [read post]
16 May 2019, 10:00 am
But fast forward to the Trump Administration, and the Dept. of Justice shuttered the Access to Justice Office. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 7:00 am
The proposed contractor, Neighborhood Defense Service of Harlem, provides community-based public defense services for upper Manhattan. [read post]
14 Aug 2008, 12:43 am
The public defenders office in California is reserved for clients who are indigent and cannot afford to retain legal counsel. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 4:49 am
Grits has little doubt that money would be better spent ensuring forensic scientists have adequate training (not to mention bolstering indigent defense), and am glad to see the funds going toward that purpose. [read post]
24 Feb 2010, 6:11 am
Another recommendation is that the federal government should create a federal office of public defense services to distribute funds, collect data, promulgate standards, and develop and deliver training similar to the federally-supported training for state and local prosecutors. [read post]
19 Mar 2007, 8:00 am
You are obviously a fan of music, so let's end the interview with a request for an all-out jam: Would you please riff on the nature of indigent defense and the providers of the same? [read post]
9 Jun 2014, 5:52 am
Wang (Murder; motion by indigent defendant for self-representation; reservation by trial court of certain questions of law for advice of Supreme Court regarding right of indigent self-represented defendant to secure public funds for payment of expenses associated with his procurement of experts or investigators for purpose of presenting criminal defense; "The primary issue to be resolved in this reservation is whether an indigent defendant who has waived the… [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 1:27 am
I know the county wants to save money but the government created the need for indigent defense. [read post]
22 Oct 2009, 11:38 am
The expense is covered by the sale of property seized in felony cases, but Switzer's office has applied for a grant from the governor's office to cover prosecution costs. [read post]
28 Jun 2016, 5:55 am
Thanks to crises in Louisiana and elsewhere, most of the recent attention paid to indigent defense and public defender offices has related to funding for those services. [read post]
27 Mar 2007, 5:23 am
On top of that, we have three specialized units that don't operate out of a specific courthouse: The Legal Services Unit (Appellate), The Habeas Corpus Unit and the Capital Defense Unit. [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 8:06 am
Earlier coverage begins with the post, "Harris County Taps Experienced Hand for Public Defender;" related posts are in the indigent defense index. [read post]
