Chief Public Defender James Tsoutsouris says the quality of legal representation does not suffer from large caseloads, shortages in investigators and paralegals or an effective office. Quality legal ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California is introducing legislation, including a $250 million grant program, to ease the burden on public defenders around the country. The ...
ST. LOUIS -- Private attorneys in the St. Louis area have committed to take over some cases from the state's overburdened public defender system on a volunteer basis. A new not-for-profit called the ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- One of the biggest capital punishment cases to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in a generation was put together largely by a young, fresh-out-of-law-school member of Kentucky's ...
SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that Scott County public defenders can refuse new case assignments when they already have large caseloads. The court issued the ruling ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Scott County public defenders have won a case before the Iowa Supreme Court focused on a strained and overloaded legal system. At issue was whether the public defenders can ...
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