Public Defense System – New York
Suit over legal aid advances in New York, By William Glaberson, May 6, 2010, New York Times: “New York’s highest court ruled Thursday that a broad class-action suit challenging the state’s system of...
View ArticlePublic Defender Caseloads – Minnesota
Judge: Accused still need public defenders, but bill the state, By Madeleine Baran, August 18, 2010, Minnesota Public Radio: “Karen Duncan walked into an Owatonna court room Tuesday with a bold...
View ArticleCuts to Public Defenders Offices
Budget woes hit defense lawyers for the indigent, By Monica Davey, September 9, 2010, New York Times: “Some public defenders in Missouri say the stressed state budget is interfering with their ability...
View ArticleStates and Fees for Public Defenders
Reports: Some states charge poor for public defenders, By Kevin Johnson, October 3, 2010, USA Today: “States increasingly are imposing fees on poor criminal defendants who use public defenders even...
View ArticleLegal Aid – Massachusetts
State’s bills soar for legal aid to poor, By Milton J. Valencia and Matt Carroll, February 14, 2011, Boston Globe: “The state last year paid private lawyers $155.6 million to represent poor clients,...
View ArticleLegal Aid for the Poor
Residents of Los Angeles County’s poorest areas to get help in keeping their homes, By Victoria Kim, May 2, 2011, Los Angeles Times: “Thousands of residents in Los Angeles’ poorest neighborhoods will...
View ArticlePublic Defender System – Michigan
ACLU: Michigan’s public defender system among worst, By Doug Guthrie, May 18, 2011, Detroit News: “Michigan’s system of appointing lawyers to represent criminal defendants who can’t afford to hire...
View ArticleLegal Defense for the Poor – Iowa, Michigan
Iowa’s costs for defending poor rise, By Vanessa Miller, June 28, 2012, Cedar Rapids Gazette: “Just a handful of basic questions stand between accused criminals claiming to be indigent and trained...
View ArticlePublic Defender Caseloads – Missouri
Rule will cap public defender caseload, By Scott Moyers, September 19, 2012, Southeast Missourian: “A new rule set to begin Oct. 1 will permit the state’s public defender system to defer certain...
View ArticlePublic Criminal Defense System – Michigan
Indigent defense: Michigan looks to overhaul system for low-income criminal defense, By Jonathan Oosting, June 14, 2013, MLive.com: “Michigan lawmakers on Thursday took a major step towards overhauling...
View ArticleSequestration Cuts and Safety Net Programs
Head Start eliminated services to 57,000 children in U.S. as a result of sequester, By Michael Alison Chandler, August 18, 2013, Washington Post: “Head Start programs across the country eliminated...
View ArticlePublic Defender System – Missouri
Missouri could face legal challenge for shortfalls in public defender system, By Dave Helling, July 19, 2015, Kansas City Star: “Anthony Cardarella represents dozens of clients accused of crimes who...
View ArticlePublic Defenders and Legal Aid
Some public defender offices turning away clients, East Baton Rouge ‘treading water’ during budget crisis, By Bryn Stole, February 16, 2016, Baton Rouge Advocate: “Public defenders in East Baton Rouge...
View ArticlePublic Defenders – Missouri
Missouri public defender director warns his department is in crisis, Associated Press, February 21, 2016, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “The director of Missouri’s public defenders is warning that the...
View ArticlePublic Defender System – Louisiana
In Louisiana, the poor lack legal defense, By Campbell Robertson, March 19, 2016, New York Times: “It was arraignment morning at the Vermilion Parish courthouse, the monthly catalog of bad decisions,...
View ArticlePublic Defender System – Louisiana
On the defensive, By Dylan Walsh, June 2, 2016, The Atlantic: “Concordia Parish extends tall and narrow along the Mississippi River, where the ankle of Louisiana meets the instep. Almost one-third of...
View ArticleGuardian Series on US Public Defender System
Justice Denied, series homepage, September 2016, The Guardian: “A three-part series in partnership with the Marshall Project that examines the crisis of America’s overburdened public defense systems,...
View ArticlePublic Defender System – Indiana
Indiana’s public defender system flawed, study says, By Fatima Hussein, October 24, 2016, Indianapolis Star: “The state’s public defender system is not only woefully underfunded, legal experts say, the...
View ArticlePublic Defender System – Louisiana
La. Governor sued over state’s alleged failure to provide lawyers to poor defendants, By Rebecca Hersher, February 7, 2017, National Public Radio: “Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards was sued Monday over...
View ArticlePublic Defender System – Missouri
Missouri sued over low funding for public defender system, By Margaret Stafford (AP), March 9, 2017, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Missouri’s public defender system is so badly underfunded and understaffed...
View ArticlePublic Defender System – Louisiana
Class-action status sought for Louisiana indigent defense lawsuit, By Ken Daley, May 4, 2017, New Orleans Times-Picayune: “Civil rights advocates hoping to force a rebuild of Louisiana’s indigent...
View ArticlePublic Defender Fees – Los Angeles
L.A. County ends public defender ‘registration fee’, By Nina Agrawal, June 6, 2017, Los Angeles Times: “The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to eliminate the $50 ‘registration fee’...
View ArticlePublic Defender System – Tennessee
TN high court urges change, better funding to protect legal rights of the poor, By Jamie Satterfield, October 9, 2017, Knoxville News Sentinel: “The Tennessee Supreme Court announced last week it is...
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Public defenders fight back against budget cuts, growing caseloads, By Teresa Wiltz, November 21, 2017, Stateline: “Public defenders have complained for decades they’ve got too many cases and not...
View ArticlePublic Defender System – Missouri
Some Missouri lawmakers want to privatize the public defender system. For one county, it starts March 1., By Sky Chadde, February 20, 2018, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Next month, when poor people are...
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