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14 Dec 2010, 8:41 pm
One cable talks about Ghana President John Atta Mills' request for U.S. assistance with his corrupt narcotics control board (Nacob.) [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 8:06 am
The first cases to be represented will involve mentally ill people charged with misdemeanors and appeals by indigent defendants. [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 7:54 am
By February, his office is expected to start representing mentally ill indigent defendants facing misdemeanor charges and appeals cases for the indigent. [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 5:08 am
And in the end most sentences are probated, misdemeanor probation caseloads become bloated, fines and fees collected don't cover costs, particularly for indigent defendants, and the whole process comes to seem rather pointless all the way around.Ratcheting down the penalty to a Class C for low-level pot possession would save money on jail time, indigent defense, and keep more officers on the street to focus on more significant crimes. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 8:00 am
I like the idea of a public defender’s office, but the idea of Commissioners’ Court, Harris County’s executive board, controlling, through the power of the purse, the defense function is little more appealing than the current ad hoc system of appointment of indigent counsel by elected judges. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 1:35 pm
Earlier coverage begins here; related posts are in the indigent defense index. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 4:22 am
And the last thing Brown needs is a judge who isn't on board with the program, leading to the action against Justice Blumenfeld. [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 7:38 am
The cases in which the Court granted cert. this morning are: Title: Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 3:04 am
The Special Needs Defender’s Office provides private appointed legal representation, as well as specialized one-on-one care outside the jail to help ensure defendants make their court dates and don’t end up back in jail.The office is a synthesis of a board, director, 21 attorneys on an appointment wheel and two social workers. [read post]
28 Oct 2010, 10:01 am
He declined to cut his budget by 5 percent, as the commissioners had asked, and the county board appears poised to grant his full request.Colorado public defenders have no such county budget review, and no elected leader. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 9:15 am
Title: Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. [read post]
16 Oct 2010, 7:39 am
PATRICIA HIGGINS MIKULEC, Respondent. 4th District.Torts -- School boards -- Action against school board seeking damages for injuries suffered by student when she walked into traffic at school bus stop and was struck by vehicle -- Because school board did not have control over student at time of accident, trial court did not err in dismissing complaint with prejudiceJULIE WINSLOW, Appellant, v. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 2:30 am
” The New Jersey rule concerning court appointed lawyers representing, as pro bono counsel, indigent criminal defendants entitled to court provided counsel is different from proposed Rule 6.1. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 3:34 am
It is also virtually impossible to defend today, was put into the Constitution by Framers who didn’t trust the People to elect the president, and yet we’re still stuck with it. (3) Perhaps more important than the Constitution’s containing some indefensible provisions is the fact that it’s largely irrelevant to current political arrangements: We’ve ignored the document, and the Supreme Court, its supposed guardian, has largely acquiesced in that arrangement (and… [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 2:30 am
Here is my favorite comment to the WSJ article: The real issue is the refusal of state legislatures to adequately fund the representation of indigent defendants by court-appointed counsel. [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 10:06 pm
thirds of the nation’s population is served by public defenders. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 7:56 am
Ø Provide Additional Help to Counties In light of the many improvements to indigent defense since the passage of FDA, policy-makers must seriously consider any requests for additional funding proposed by the Task Force, even if incremental, to assist counties in maintaining well-run public defender offices and other successful indigent defense programs. [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 10:40 am
We now have more public defender systems, more indigent defense coordinators, and more money being spent on grants to counties. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 5:24 pm
Leah Pinney and I attended the Task Force on Indigent Defense Board Meeting today, where we were reminded of the value of grace and perseverance in seeking justice. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 4:24 am
Genay and the Board are showing some real guts in facing the problems and standing up for criminal defense lawyers. [read post]
