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Lebanon officials eye state funds to improve public defender's office, hire social worker
Gannett via AOL· 4 hours agoLebanon County Commissioners unanimously approved applying for $95,501 in state funds allocated for the county as part of the Indigent Defense Grant Program. The statewide ...
Uber rides and tossed belongings: Rotterdam Super 8 resident says migrants' evacuation was far from...
Albany Times Union· 2 hours agoIt started with an alarm blaring in the motel. Residents of the Super 8 motel in Rotterdam, which...
Commentary: Fighting for Liberty and Justice for All | The Legal Intelligencer
Law.com· 4 days agoWainwright U.S. Supreme Court decision, yet access to proper indigent defense across the country is...
Michigan's public defender system was among the worst in the country. Now it's a national model
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJust like its roads and highways, Michigan's public defender system had been neglected for years....
Do Utah youth get a good defense in court?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMatthew Barraza, executive director of the Utah Indigent Defense Commission, is photographed in his office in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 15, 2024....
Why exactly does Carson City, Nevada public administrator Scott Hoen need to keep all those corpses...
Boing Boing· 3 days agoAn official in Carson City, Nevada has been refusing to sign off on indigent cremations in the city...
How a chance meeting led to an $8.5 million movie about Nashville eye surgeon Dr. Ming Wang
Gannett via AOL· 2 hours agoThe $8.5 million indie film "Sight" tells the story of a poor Chinese immigrant's success story —...
Maine supreme court upholds order calling for trial over indigent defense crisis
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 7 days agoMay 13—Maine's highest court has denied the state's attempt to halt an upcoming trial that will focus on Maine's inability to find enough attorneys to represent hundreds of low-income criminal ...
Maine ACLU says number of unrepresented criminal defendants has 'skyrocketed'
Bangor Daily News· 5 days agoAccording to its analysis of data from the state, the ACLU said the number of defendants in Maine...
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians
Associated Press via AOL· 7 hours agoWeeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A...