New report exposes systemic deficiencies in New Hampshire’s administration and oversight of indigent defense representation

New report exposes systemic deficiencies in New Hampshire’s administration and oversight of indigent defense representation

Pleading the Sixth: A new study shows that New Hampshire’s indigent defense system lacks adequate funding and structure to ensure that each indigent defendant receives constitutionally required effective assistance of counsel. The New Hampshire Judicial Council, the entity responsible for administering and overseeing the state’s indigent defense system, lacks independence…

Pleading The Sixth
October 25, 2022