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Black and women lawyers' group to keep appointments to Indigent Defense Services Commission. Autopsy...
Winston-Salem Journal· 9 hours agoThe N.C. Senate has cleared a revamped House Bill 250 giving Republican legislative leaders the...
Aileen Cannon just made "absolutely stunning" move—Legal analyst
Newsweek· 5 days agoU.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon just made an "absolutely stunning" move in former President Donald...
Pennsylvania public defense system is unconstitutional, underfunded by at least $100M, new ACLU suit...
WHYY· 3 hours agoPennsylvania has not provided consistent funding for indigent defense until this year. Instead, state law has made it the sole responsibility of each of the 67 counties to ...
Pennsylvania’s underfunding of public defenders unconstitutional, ACLU says in suit
Courthouse News Service· 23 hours agoThe class action, filed Thursday in Pennsylvania Commonwealth court, says the state’s failure to...
A stunning increase in NC court fees is punishing low-income offenders | Opinion
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThose with resources can pay and move on, but for low-income and indigent defendants, the fees and fines are an ongoing and often increasing punishment. Advocates for judicial ...
Aileen Cannon faces new request in Donald Trump case
Newsweek· 7 days agoIn the motion, Berk and Kennedy self-identify as "disabled, pro se, indigent, private citizens, elderly" who "have knowledge and experience the Court may...
Louisiana’s death penalty spending stays the course, despite public defense shakeup
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJeff Landry’s high-profile overhaul of public defense management. The newly formed Public Defender...
Better, faster care for mental illness, substance abuse, goal of new Alabama initiative
Birmingham News· 8 hours agoAlabama intends to improve mental health care and substance abuse treatment under a federal program...
For an Older Homeless Population, a New Type of Care
New York Times· 4 days agoFive years on the Phoenix streets battered Vance Blair’s body. Mr. Blair often lingered by a shaded building, and several women who worked there grew...
Punta Gorda man sentenced to life in prison in 2018 North Port murder case
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSalazar-Diaz stood by his choice to continue to self-represent, asking the judge to find him ...