The State of Indigent Defense
Public defenders: Overworked, Understaffed, Undaunted in Virginia. The situation is dismal in Georgia. It's even worse in Lousiana. Reform is needed in Alabama.
Friday, a judge in Louisiana appointed lawyers in four cases by looking in the phone book and making random calls.
The indigent defense system in this country needs a fix-- for starters, it needs adequate funding.
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