New report finds State of Michigan must take responsibility for deficient felony assigned counsel services in Wayne County (Detroit)
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August 1, 2019
New report finds State of Michigan must take responsibility for deficient felony assigned counsel services in Wayne County (Detroit)
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January 23, 2019
Oregon’s complex bureaucracy obscures just another fixed fee system
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July 11, 2018
Wisconsin Supreme Court increases compensation to some, but not all, indigent defense attorneys
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October 16, 2017
Missouri’s “Perfect Storm” explained
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May 8, 2017
New York caseload standards announced and their importance to statewide reform explained
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April 10, 2017
Tennessee Supreme Court Task Force recommends complete overhaul of right to counsel services
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April 10, 2017
DOJ recommendations for Shelby County, TN place financial burden on the county; Task Force would place responsibility on the state
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March 8, 2017
Nevada Chief Justice: “We must do better at providing representation to rural defendants.”
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August 29, 2016
Missouri Governor shows why indigent defense crisis will not be fixed without defender independence
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June 17, 2016
State of New York to provide full state funding of 6th Amendment right to counsel
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June 12, 2016
Calm down; the New Mexico Supreme Court did not say flat-fee contracts are always constitutional
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