Here is the public defense news for May 6-12, 2021:
Report:
Sentencing Project: A Second Look at Injustice
Civil Rights Corp: Shedding Light – Accounts of Texas Jails during COVID-19
National:
Biden broadens push to put more public defenders on Appeals courts
Missouri:
Missouri lawmakers send budget with unemployment forgiveness, more public defenders to Parson
Editorial: OMG and get the smelling salts: Missouri agrees to hire more lawyers for the poor
Audio: Missouri legislature’s state budget negotiators recommend the hiring of 53 public defenders
Public defenders, Amtrak, schools among budget differences in conference committee
Louisiana:
Louisiana House votes to end state public defender board
Streamlined system or political ‘czar’? Louisiana public defender overhaul spurs feisty debate
Oregon:
Campaign to overturn split-jury convictions keeps pressure on Oregon legal system
Washington:
Court decision comes with hefty price tag, officials say
Arkansas:
“We’ve ran out of ideas”: Arkansas public defender hopes jury trials resume
Indiana:
Indy council approves $100 for immigrant legal aid fund
County considers creating public defender’s office (Hancock)
Prosecutor wants additional staffing in 2022 (Madison)
New York:
21 newly-filed grievances shed light on prosecutorial misconduct in Queens, NY
California:
LA Board of Supervisors, led by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, makes strides toward justice reform
Orange County supervisors appoint new public defender
Tennessee:
Public defender gets forensic social worker (8th Judicial District)
Michigan:
Ionia County public defender office adds social worker
Maryland:
‘Thin blue line’ masks, clothing banned for staff in Maryland district courts
Lawsuit seeks to remove last Confederate statue on public land in Maryland
New Mexico:
Texas:
Hays County inches closer to indigent defense fund
Delaware:
Governor Carney nominates Kevin O’Connell as Chief Defender for the State of Delaware
Colorado:
43rd Judge Conrad L. Ball award honors Kathryn Hay
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