Document TX: Can good start be enough?
[ 06/04/10  |  ]
Document OK: OIDS caseload up
[ 06/04/10  |  ]
Document CA: County D.A., Public Defender's offices to lose about 85 positions
[ 06/04/10  |  ]
Document LA: Public defenders engulfed
[ 06/04/10  |  ]
Document PA: State $$$ is crucial
[ 06/04/10  |  ]
Document TX: Texas needs public defenders
[ 06/04/10  |  ]
Document MD: Court ruling to increase public defenders' caseload
[ 06/04/10  |  ]
Document LA: Calcasieu to stop taking indigent cases
[ 06/04/10  |  ]
Document Sentencing juveniles to life without parole 'cruel and unusual'
[ 05/17/10  |  ]
Document GA: Indigent defense legislation delayed until next year
[ 05/17/10  |  ]
Document NY: Suit Over Legal Aid Advances in New York
[ 05/17/10  |  ]
Document CA: Wife-Beating Cops Can Keep it a Secret? Public Defender Not Pleased.
[ 05/17/10  |  ]
Document NY: The Right to, and Need for, Counsel
[ 05/17/10  |  ]
Document IL: Jackson County Board cuts public defender salary by $46,000
[ 04/21/10  |  ]
Document CA: Adachi may look at thousands of drug cases
[ 04/21/10  |  ]
Document OK: Indigent Defense System struggles to survive cuts
[ 04/19/10  |  ]
Document MI: Michigan guilty of providing poor indigent defense
[ 04/19/10  |  ]
Document MI: Michigan Supreme Court to hear public defender case
[ 04/08/10  |  ]
Document CA: Retired attorney named interim Solano County Public Defender
[ 04/08/10  |  ]
Document VA: Defenders are well-balanced
[ 04/08/10  |  ]
Document GA: Georgia's public defender system may go back under county control
[ 04/07/10  |  ]
Document ID: Study blasts public defender system in Idaho
[ 03/29/10  |  ]
Document MI: Michigan pays big for underfunded indigent defense
[ 03/22/10  |  ]
Document MI: State needs to provide balance to court fights
[ 03/22/10  |  ]
Document NY: Coughlin joins lawsuit to improve public defense
[ 03/22/10  |  ]
Document U.S. needs to press states over justice for the poor
[ 03/16/10  |  ]
Document Justice's welcome push to improve legal counsel for poor defendants
[ 03/15/10  |  ]
Document An Advocate for Equal Justice
[ 03/15/10  |  ]
Document SC: Representing defendants before magistrates will tax public defender's resources
[ 03/15/10  |  ]
Document GA: Demand on rise for defenders
[ 03/15/10  |  ]
Document LA: Public defender's office not taking new defendants
[ 03/15/10  |  ]
Document GA: Ga. report defends public defender system
[ 03/01/10  |  ]
Document GA: State ordered to give poor inmates attorneys; Fulton judge's ruling has 30-day deadline; Governor's office says appeal is likely as it tries to fill gaps in counsel.
[ 03/01/10  |  ]
Document OH: Butler County establishes Public Defender Office
[ 03/01/10  |  ]
Document CO: Greeley public defender feels kinship with clients
[ 03/01/10  |  ]
Document CA: New murder trial denied for Riverside woman supported by Demi Moore
[ 03/01/10  |  ]
Document Prominent Harvard law professor joins Justice Department
[ 02/26/10  |  ]
Document CA: Jeff Adachi is a public defender loved by the public and feared by public officials.
[ 02/02/10  |  ]
Document GA: Gwinnett cuts pay rate for defending indigent
[ 02/01/10  |  ]
Document ID: Study finds Idaho fails low-income defendants
[ 02/01/10  |  ]
Document WI: Income eligibility to get public defender
[ 01/28/10  |  ]
Document AL: Legal Expert Calls Mobile County’s Indigent Defense System the ‘Perfect Storm’
[ 01/27/10  |  ]
Document AL: Indigent Defense Still Lucrative in Mobile
[ 01/20/10  |  ]
Document TX: Commissioners court accepts grant
[ 01/20/10  |  ]
Document CA: Santa Clara County should provide lawyers for misdemeanor court
[ 01/19/10  |  ]
Document WA: 'In-House' Public Defense Proving Cheaper
[ 01/19/10  |  ]
Document OK: Oklahoma Indigent Defense System reduces workforce
[ 01/19/10  |  ]
Document MO: Ups and downs for public defenders in Missouri over the past year
[ 01/15/10  |  ]
Document MI: Reforms can safely cut prison population and state costs
[ 01/11/10  |  ]
Document WI: No greater right to counsel in Wisconsin
[ 01/06/10  |  ]
Document MI: Competent public defense for all
[ 01/04/10  |  ]
Document CT: Economy Isn’t Only Concern For Defense Attorneys
[ 01/04/10  |  ]
Document MI: Michigan needs to take steps to assure fairness in assignment of lawyers for the poor
[ 01/04/10  |  ]
Document Justice delayed
[ 12/18/09  |  ]
Document FL: DNA Evidence Clears Man in 1974 Rape Case
[ 12/18/09  |  ]
Document FL: Florida Supreme Court limits 'degrading' shackles for juveniles
[ 12/18/09  |  ]
Document Attorney-Client Privilege Bill Introduced in the House
[ 12/18/09  |  ]
Document NM: Public defenders struggle with furloughs
[ 12/17/09  |  ]
Document WI: State Bar urges Joint Finance to support expanded public defender eligibility limits
[ 12/17/09  |  ]
Document OR: Oregon's high court explores the limits of consent
[ 12/17/09  |  ]
Document WA: Island County public defender refuses to cut budget
[ 12/16/09  |  ]
Document CA: More Cuts at Fresno County Public Defender
[ 12/16/09  |  ]
Document GA: State Slapped With Lawsuit Over Indigent Defense
[ 12/16/09  |  ]
Document MI: Experts Brief Congressional Committee On Indigent Defense System "In Crisis"
[ 12/15/09  |  ]
Document GA: State inmates waiting years for lawyers to file their appeals, suit says
[ 12/15/09  |  ]
Document PA: Panel heard of Luzerne County judges' reign of power.
[ 12/15/09  |  ]
Document MI: Officials to discuss public defense 'crisis'
[ 12/14/09  |  ]
Document OK: Oklahoma agencies warn lawmakers of budget holes
[ 12/10/09  |  ]
Document MI: Campaign for Justice hosts congressional briefing and legislative hearing on December 14
[ 12/10/09  |  ]
Document MO: High court orders changes in indigent defense
[ 12/10/09  |  ]
Document UT: New public defender system begins to take shape
[ 12/08/09  |  ]
Document LA: Lawyer gets honor for work with poor
[ 12/08/09  |  ]
Document LA: Judges hear results of Luzerne corruption
[ 12/08/09  |  ]
Document CA: Mayor Must Still Pay In Public Defender Funding Fight
[ 12/04/09  |  ]
Document GA: County OKs public defender contract
[ 12/04/09  |  ]
Document PA: Babies Behind Bars
[ 12/04/09  |  ]
Document CA: Robert Berke dies at 61; activist lawyer
[ 12/03/09  |  ]
Document LA: N.O. public defenders office says it will refuse new murder and rape cases due to council budget cuts
[ 12/03/09  |  ]
Document MI: Public defense must be upgraded
[ 12/03/09  |  ]
Document LA: NLADA examines 15th District Public Defender Office
[ 11/30/09  |  ]
Document Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Brennan Center for Justice Legacy Awards Dinner
[ 11/30/09  |  ]
Document GA: Can Ga. afford the death penalty?
[ 11/13/09  |  ]
Document DE: Public Defender Sees Fewer Cases
[ 11/10/09  |  ]
Document IL: Press Release of People vs. Gerald Simonson
[ 11/10/09  |  ]
Document LA: Funding in bureaucratic "logjam" for Orleans public defenders
[ 11/05/09  |  ]
Document WI: Changes to eligibility standards for public defenders may have to wait until 2010
[ 11/05/09  |  ]
Document MO: Public defender system on trial in Boone County
[ 11/05/09  |  ]
Document TX: San Saba Commissioners pass Resolution regarding Indigent Defense Grant Program
[ 11/05/09  |  ]
Document MO: Missouri public defenders stuck between high caseloads, low budgets
[ 11/03/09  |  ]
Document IN: When a public defender is also a defendant
[ 11/03/09  |  ]
Document CA: Public Defender Jeff Adachi requests funding to bolster staff
[ 11/03/09  |  ]
Document NY: New York City Bar Calls for Right to Counsel for Immigrant Detainees
[ 11/03/09  |  ]
Document NY: New York's Public Defense System Neglected States Advocate
[ 11/02/09  |  ]
Document MO: Missouri's public defender system in 'crisis'
[ 11/02/09  |  ]
Document MO: ‘One-fourth of not enough': Public defenders in Missouri get fraction of promised stimulus funds
[ 11/02/09  |  ]
Document MI: Supreme Court must stanch public defender meltdown
[ 10/29/09  |  ]
Document MI: How should Missouri handle excess public defender cases?
[ 10/29/09  |  ]
Document PA: The county remained silent as juveniles’ rights were violated in the courtroom, a lawyer for the juveniles says
[ 10/29/09  |  ]
Document MD: Lawmakers weigh role, size of Public Defender’s board
[ 10/29/09  |  ]
Document WI: Public defender’s office overloaded
[ 10/26/09  |  ]
Document GA: The long wait to die
[ 10/26/09  |  ]
Document NV: Eastley backs public defenders
[ 10/26/09  |  ]
Document MN: Minnesota receives $859,000 grant to review DNA cases
[ 10/22/09  |  ]
Document WV: West Virginia Gets 'A' in National Report
[ 10/22/09  |  ]
Document FL: Shirk Helps Clara White Grads Get Second Chance
[ 10/20/09  |  ]
Document MN: Public defender’s office overloaded
[ 10/19/09  |  ]
Document SD: Conference examines judicial system
[ 10/16/09  |  ]
Document RI: Study gives R.I. upgrade for children’s legal help
[ 10/16/09  |  ]
Document MI: State courts danger on public defense
[ 10/16/09  |  ]
Document MN: Federal grant will fund DNA tests to identify wrongly convicted inmates
[ 10/15/09  |  ]
Document MD: Tricky Argument on Right to Counsel Kicks Off Supreme Court's 2010 Term
[ 10/15/09  |  ]
Document Most States Fail to Adequately Protect the Legal Rights of Abused Children, New Study Finds
[ 10/15/09  |  ]
Document ID: No public defender, no trial in Boise County
[ 10/15/09  |  ]
Document New Study: Most States Fail to Adequately Protect the Legal Rights of Abused and Neglected Children
[ 10/14/09  |  ]
Document TX: Panel Begins Study of Texas Wrongful Convictions
[ 10/14/09  |  ]
Document WI: Eligibility criteria for accused have not changed since 1987
[ 10/13/09  |  ]
Document MI: No help for the innocent
[ 10/13/09  |  ]
Document NV: INDIGENT DEFENSE: Court stalls over caseloads
[ 10/07/09  |  ]
Document TX: County public defender system offers needed shake-up of courthouse practices
[ 10/06/09  |  ]
Document TX: Hundreds kept jailed for months pretrial
[ 10/06/09  |  ]
Document MD: Firing of state's chief public defender ignited controversy
[ 10/06/09  |  ]
Document LA: Public Defender's Office Seeks More Funds
[ 10/02/09  |  ]
Document IA: Local public defender’s office closes
[ 10/02/09  |  ]
Document WA: Indigent defense to cost Adams County $370,000
[ 10/02/09  |  ]
Document TX: Jacksonville commissioner votes against longevity pay issue, appraisal district nominee
[ 10/01/09  |  ]
Document TX: Montague County Commissioners seek state grants
[ 10/01/09  |  ]
Document NY: County could cut indigent defense costs
[ 10/01/09  |  ]
Document TX: 5-0 vote by court gets ball rolling
[ 09/30/09  |  ]
Document MI: State must reverse wrongful convictions
[ 09/28/09  |  ]
Document KS: Kansas trials delayed as public defender funds run low
[ 09/28/09  |  ]
Document MD: Fight over firing of public defender is far from over
[ 09/28/09  |  ]
Document CA: (Penny) wise justice for California
[ 09/28/09  |  ]
Document Remember legacy, exercise our rights
[ 09/25/09  |  ]
Document TX: County can save money with public defenders
[ 09/25/09  |  ]
Document FL: Public Defender criticizes compromise on drug-treatment program
[ 09/24/09  |  ]
Document MA: Immigration law deeply flawed
[ 09/24/09  |  ]
Document TX: The Tim Cole Act
[ 09/21/09  |  ]
Document WA: Adams County Commissioners adopt public defense standards
[ 09/18/09  |  ]
Document LA: Increase of public defense funding necessary
[ 09/18/09  |  ]
Document Repairing Our Broken Justice System
[ 09/18/09  |  ]
Document LA: Public defender jailed on contempt charge
[ 09/17/09  |  ]
Document TX: Billionaire Stanford Gets Public Defender In Fraud Case
[ 09/17/09  |  ]
Document TX: Public defender’s program nears its end
[ 09/17/09  |  ]
Document MD: Md. needs juvenile defender division
[ 09/16/09  |  ]
Document OK: Bell County OKs indigent defense funds
[ 09/16/09  |  ]
Document PA: PCCD Awards Recovery Grants to Assist Counties, Prosecutors Within Juvenile
[ 09/14/09  |  ]
Document MD: Md. top court weighs public defender’s discretion to decline cases
[ 09/14/09  |  ]
Document CA: Furlough Wednesdays could spell trouble for courts
[ 09/10/09  |  ]
Document CO: Colorado Panel Eyeing Sentence Revisions
[ 09/10/09  |  ]
Document IN: Council OKs public defender expenses, with dissent
[ 09/10/09  |  ]
Document NV: State Panel Debats Public Defender Caseload Limits
[ 09/09/09  |  ]
Document LA: New Orleans Holds Public Defender’s Office Hostage to Red Light Camera Revenue
[ 09/09/09  |  ]
Document KS: Wichita OKs mental health court
[ 09/09/09  |  ]
Document GA: Cases Pile Up in Georgia Courts
[ 09/09/09  |  ]
Document CA: For now, call it "America's Next Top Public Defender."
[ 09/08/09  |  ]
Document LA: Public defender system reform poorly funded
[ 09/08/09  |  ]
Document MI: Michigan can fix public defense system
[ 09/08/09  |  ]
Document MD: Public defenders' identity crisis
[ 09/08/09  |  ]
Document MD: Furloughs put courts in flux
[ 09/04/09  |  ]
Document NY: Public defender mistreated
[ 09/04/09  |  ]
Document GA: Dozens of poor defendants still without lawyers
[ 09/04/09  |  ]
Document MD: Public defender changes jeopardize safety
[ 09/04/09  |  ]
Document MN: Who pays for the lawyer? The county does
[ 09/03/09  |  ]
Document WI: Lawmakers continue push for increased public defender eligibility limits
[ 09/03/09  |  ]
Document AK: Summer of Service: What’s wrong with excessive bail?
[ 09/03/09  |  ]
Document MD: A loss for poor defendants
[ 08/27/09  |  ]
Document CA: Fresno County public defender layoffs approved
[ 08/27/09  |  ]
Document CT: Op-Ed about the Connecticut Innocence Project
[ 08/25/09  |  ]
Document FL: Defense cost of accused double-murderer approaching $10,000
[ 08/25/09  |  ]
Document CA: Shasta Voices study on privatization recommends more should be done
[ 08/25/09  |  ]
Document OH: Defending the public?
[ 08/24/09  |  ]
Document TX: Thousands languish in crowded jail
[ 08/24/09  |  ]
Document MD: Md.'s Chief Defender Cites Racial Issue in Ouster
[ 08/24/09  |  ]
Document PA: Nutter lays out dire future unless state helps
[ 08/21/09  |  ]
Document IN: Some Question Man's Need For Public Defender
[ 08/21/09  |  ]
Document CA: Glenn County officials postpone decision on public defender contract
[ 08/20/09  |  ]
Document WI: Lawyer rails against harsh juvenile sentences
[ 08/20/09  |  ]
Document CT: A New Haven public defender's good deeds go to Hollywood
[ 08/19/09  |  ]
Document FL: Public defenders to get new building
[ 08/19/09  |  ]
Document MI: Detroit’s public defender crisis makes national news
[ 08/19/09  |  ]
Document CT: Connecticut Innocence Project fights for wrongly convicted
[ 08/18/09  |  ]
Document Judges’ Dissents for Death Row Inmates Are Rising
[ 08/18/09  |  ]
Document CA: Public defender to supervisors: Send money
[ 08/18/09  |  ]
Document SC: Urban lawyers would get more Rule 608 cases under proposal
[ 08/18/09  |  ]
Document GA: Fulton asked to pay back $750,000 for Brian Nichols defense
[ 08/18/09  |  ]
Document GA: Public defender cuts may compromise representation
[ 08/11/09  |  ]
Document OH: Executions are coming too fast, Ohio Public Defender Tim Young says
[ 08/11/09  |  ]
Document LA: Charge undermines aggressive indigent defense
[ 08/10/09  |  ]
Document CA: California Scrambles to Prepare for Inmate Release
[ 08/07/09  |  ]
Document CA: Jeff Adachi relieved of 75% of new court's cases
[ 08/07/09  |  ]
Document U.S. AG Outlines DOJ's Five Steps For Improving Indigent Defense
[ 08/06/09  |  ]
Document LA: NLADA's research and evaluation of Lafayette begin next week
[ 08/06/09  |  ]
Document WA: Adams County to seek indigent defense proposals
[ 08/06/09  |  ]
Document Attorney General Eric Holder speech to 2009 ABA Convention
[ 08/05/09  |  ]
Document ACCD member Gary Windom honored for service
[ 08/05/09  |  ]
Document NY: County raises attorney salaries
[ 08/05/09  |  ]
Document GA: The Losing Battle Over Indigent Defendant Rights in Georgia
[ 08/05/09  |  ]
Document CA: Cash-strapped Alameda County public defender starts turning away cases
[ 08/04/09  |  ]
Document MT: Report details problems, successes at state’s public defender agency
[ 08/03/09  |  ]
Document CO: Judge nukes public defender for contempt
[ 08/03/09  |  ]
Document GA: State Cuts Could Slow Wheels of Justice
[ 07/31/09  |  ]
Document NC: Court delay reasons can be specific to cases
[ 07/31/09  |  ]
Document WA: Adams County to seek indigent defense proposals
[ 07/31/09  |  ]
Document AL: Bar Asks for Defense Documents
[ 07/30/09  |  ]
Document CA: U.S. citizens mistakenly held as illegals
[ 07/28/09  |  ]
Document TX: Texas gets office to manage death row inmates' appeals
[ 07/28/09  |  ]
Document TN: Representation must be ensured
[ 07/28/09  |  ]
Document MO: Justice group confirms staffing, facility needs
[ 07/27/09  |  ]
Document MN: Minnesota balances budget on the backs of workers and the poor
[ 07/27/09  |  ]
Document UT: Attorneys go full-time to help juvenile clients
[ 07/27/09  |  ]
Document NH: Portsmouth District Court to rehear case over payment of fines
[ 07/27/09  |  ]
Document DE: Public defender committed to quality
[ 07/23/09  |  ]
Document CA: Suit challenges California juvenile dependency courts
[ 07/22/09  |  ]
Document OH: First Effects Of State Budget Being Felt
[ 07/21/09  |  ]
Document NY: Lawmakers and attorneys reach a deal on salaries
[ 07/21/09  |  ]
Document NE: Public Defender Concerned about High Caseload
[ 07/21/09  |  ]
Document AZ: Deputy county manager part of federal justice reform process
[ 07/21/09  |  ]
Document IL: Courts officials struggle to meet demand for budget cuts
[ 07/20/09  |  ]
Document FL: State must pay cost of regional conflict counsels
[ 07/20/09  |  ]
Document MO: Missouri public defenders should ready for doomsday option
[ 07/20/09  |  ]
Document CA: Public Defender's Office close to edge
[ 07/20/09  |  ]
Document CA: Public Defender Outlines Impact
[ 07/16/09  |  ]
Document KY: Public defenders overloaded
[ 07/16/09  |  ]
Document MO: Gov. Jay Nixon vetoes public defender bill
[ 07/15/09  |  ]
Document ME: Maine Gov. To Choose Indigent Legal Services Panel
[ 07/15/09  |  ]
Document MO: Public Defender office reacts to veto
[ 07/14/09  |  ]
Document CA: Defender tries mailer to get more aid
[ 07/14/09  |  ]
Document NC: Court-appointed lawyers paid for last year's work by this year's money in NC state fund
[ 07/14/09  |  ]
Document LA: Defenders funding level short of needs
[ 07/13/09  |  ]
Document WA: Benton commissioners pass public defender law
[ 07/13/09  |  ]
Document NV: Report: Public defenders need lighter caseloads
[ 07/13/09  |  ]
Document CA: Attorneys fault process to pick public defender
[ 07/10/09  |  ]
Document Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder
[ 07/10/09  |  ]
Document TN: Increase in state indigent defense funds
[ 07/10/09  |  ]
Document WA: Shortage of public defenders panned
[ 07/09/09  |  ]
Document MA: Through Soros grant, Hub defender aims to improve aid for low-income clients
[ 07/09/09  |  ]
Document WI: Client Eligibility
[ 07/09/09  |  ]
Document House committee considers bill on indigent defense
[ 06/30/09  |  ]
Document TN: Indigent defense fund depleted; court-appointed lawyers have to wait for pay
[ 06/30/09  |  ]
Document GA: Public defense takes cut in Dooly
[ 06/30/09  |  ]
Document WI: Bill would raise pay for lawyers defending indigent
[ 06/17/09  |  ]
Document HI: Furloughs could hamper Hawaii public defenders' court cases
[ 06/17/09  |  ]
Document US Supreme Court limits Sixth Amendment right to legal counsel
[ 06/17/09  |  ]
Document VA: Lawyers suggest changes in Virginia’s judicial-selection process
[ 06/17/09  |  ]
Document AZ: Indigent defender budgets pose challenge
[ 06/17/09  |  ]
Document MI: Court sides with Michigan's indigent defendants
[ 06/17/09  |  ]
Document CA: California wants to cut legal aid attorneys for poor
[ 06/17/09  |  ]
Document TX: County court system earns national recognition for program
[ 06/10/09  |  ]
Document CA: Cutting public defender could cost more than $4 million, county warned
[ 06/10/09  |  ]
Document No place for judiciary in selecting our public defenders
[ 06/08/09  |  ]
Document Nationwide, public defender offices are in crisis
[ 06/04/09  |  ]
Document CA: Mayor Slashes Public Defender's Budget -- Despite Adachi's Extremely Public Campaign To Avoid Cuts
[ 06/03/09  |  ]
Document TX: How many cases can a death-penalty lawyer handle? And who’s keeping track?
[ 06/02/09  |  ]
Document CA: Layoff Notices Hit Public Defender's Office
[ 06/02/09  |  ]
Document TX: Attorneys overworked in capital cases
[ 05/26/09  |  ]
Document CA: Public Defender Takes Budget Battle To the Streets
[ 05/22/09  |  ]
Document MI: Public Defense Seek Lansing Reformation
[ 05/22/09  |  ]
Document CA: San Francisco Justice Summit
[ 05/07/09  |  ]
Document PA: Justice Muroski requests $209K to add staffers to review juvenile cases
[ 05/07/09  |  ]
Document GA: Ailing public defender system in tight spot
[ 05/07/09  |  ]
Document NY: The Court's mistreatment of New York State's poor is the real crime
[ 05/07/09  |  ]
Document TX: Most Dallas County judges reluctant to check indigent defense requests
[ 05/05/09  |  ]
Document FL: Miami-Dade judge blasts flawed public defender system
[ 05/05/09  |  ]
Document NY: State needs better system of legal aid for poor
[ 05/05/09  |  ]
Document MI: Case of Detroit man wrongfully convicted shows flaws in state’s public defender system
[ 05/01/09  |  ]
Document ID: Canyon County, state face lawsuit
[ 04/30/09  |  ]
Document MI: National report confirms Michigan study on indigent defense
[ 04/28/09  |  ]
Document MO: Missouri likely to add 12 public defenders
[ 04/27/09  |  ]
Document FL: Miami-Dade judge blasts flawed public defender system
[ 04/27/09  |  ]
Document WA: Public defense pilot project posts dramatic results in Grant County
[ 04/27/09  |  ]
Document IL: Public defender pleads broke in death penalty case
[ 04/21/09  |  ]
Document GA: Little fiasco' big issue for state
[ 04/21/09  |  ]
Document WA: Counties seek help determining indigent legal defense
[ 04/20/09  |  ]
Document RI: Law students seen as helping ease public defender’s burden
[ 04/20/09  |  ]
Document RI: Public defender looks to lighten load
[ 04/20/09  |  ]
Document CA: Riverside County deputy public defender wins statewide honors
[ 04/17/09  |  ]
Document KY: Public defenders get $2 million to avoid shutdown
[ 04/17/09  |  ]
Document MO: Appeals court says Missouri public defenders cannot refuse new cases
[ 04/15/09  |  ]
Document LA: Public defense is lacking
[ 04/15/09  |  ]
Document LA: State asks for review of office
[ 04/15/09  |  ]
Document FL: State attorneys may face furloughs
[ 04/14/09  |  ]
Document MN: A court system starved equals justice denied
[ 04/14/09  |  ]
Document CA: The Joy of Indigent Defense
[ 04/14/09  |  ]
Document MI: Legislation would end juvenile-life-without parole sentences
[ 04/14/09  |  ]
Document WA: Not just a lawyer, an effective one
[ 04/08/09  |  ]
Document GA: Lawsuit targets Ga. public defender system
[ 04/08/09  |  ]
Document NY:New York state's public defense system needs to improve
[ 04/06/09  |  ]
Document GA: Public defender overhaul in doubt
[ 04/06/09  |  ]
Document NY: State Law to Cap Public Defenders’ Caseloads, but Only in the City
[ 04/06/09  |  ]
Document TX: Hunt County receives report on indigent defense
[ 04/02/09  |  ]
Document Cases pile up as public defenders are stung by budget cuts
[ 04/02/09  |  ]
Document MT: Attorneys debate if those accused of minor crimes need state-paid defender
[ 04/02/09  |  ]
Document IL: Cook County defender—not Todd Stroger—has control over office hiring, firing and discipline
[ 04/01/09  |  ]
Document NV: New performance standards for public defenders on schedule
[ 03/31/09  |  ]
Document FL: Immigrant detention often unconstitutional
[ 03/31/09  |  ]
Document FL: Miami-Dade public defender case load dispute in court's hands
[ 03/31/09  |  ]
Document PA: Despite Red Flags About Judges, a Kickback Scheme Flourished
[ 03/30/09  |  ]
Document GA: End could be near for PD council
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Document NY: State Must Overhauld Indigent Defense System
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Document MN: Minnesota's public defenders buried by caseloads
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