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ACLU of Pennsylvania Accuses the State of Inadequate Public Defense Funding | The Legal...
Law.com· 5 days agoThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania has sued the state over its current $7.5...
ACLU sues Pennsylvania, claiming inadequate funding of public defense system
Lancaster Online· 4 days agoThe American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania claims the state has failed to provide adequate...
Pennsylvania ACLU sues for state funding of defense for indigent defendants
WTAE Pittsburgh· 5 days agoThe American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania is suing the state, saying the way the state pays...
Biden to give legal status to 500,000 undocumented spouses
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThat will happen once a daily threshold is met and the border is "overwhelmed", the White House said...
Possibility of Trump victory has liberal groups flustered and scrambling to prepare
BizPac Review· 19 hours agoThis trepidation has spurred a network of nonprofits and Democratic officials to take preemptive action aimed at kneecapping a potential second Trump administration’s approach to abortion, immigration ...
The ACLU says Pennsylvania’s public defenders are so underfunded it violates the law
Philly.com· 5 days agoThe suit, filed Thursday in Commonwealth Court, says the lack of state funding for indigent defense...
Public defenders using state money for new positions, equipment
The Uniontown Herald Standard· 9 hours agoOn Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) approved the grants, which include $6.7 million for indigent defense services. Until the money was included in the state ...
Pennsylvania’s underfunding of public defenders unconstitutional, ACLU says in suit
Courthouse News Service· 5 days agoThe class action, filed Thursday in Pennsylvania Commonwealth court, says the state’s failure to...
Shortage of public defenders in Maine allowed release of man who caused fiery standoff
Houston Chronicle· 13 hours agoMaine’s shortage of public defenders allowed a man with a violent criminal history to be released on...
Knox County lacks adequate mental health facilities, exacerbating jail problems
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 day agoKendrick, the deputy director of the ACLU's National Prison Project, said this is where Spangler and the ACLU agree. "The sheriff and someone from the & ...