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By 1977, the total number of public defender offices had increased to 18. [1] In 1982, a house bill amended the system with the creation of the Office of State Public Defender (OSPD) as an independent department of the judicial branch of state government. By 1987, 23 public defender offices existed and employed 233 people.
[3] [4] He was the party's nominee for Missouri's 3rd congressional district in 2010, [5] but lost the November 2010 general election to incumbent Democrat Russ Carnahan. [6] Martin ran unsuccessfully for Missouri Attorney General in 2012 as the Republican nominee. [7] In 2013, he was elected Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party. [8]
Kimberly M. Gardner (born August 2, 1975) is an American politician and attorney from the state of Missouri.She was the circuit attorney for the city of St. Louis, Missouri.
Pamela Marie Neumann ("Pam") was born on October 10, 1958. [1] She grew up in Dellwood, Missouri (a suburb of St. Louis) where she attended Riverview Gardens High School.In her young adulthood she held several jobs in the life insurance industry; on two occasions, she was fired for forging signatures.
Wesley Jonell-Cleavon Bell [1] (born November 5, 1974) [2] [3] is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 1st congressional district since 2025.
The term public defender in the United States is often used to describe a lawyer who is appointed by a court to represent a defendant who cannot afford to hire an attorney. More correctly, a public defender is a lawyer who works for a public defender's office, a government-funded agency that provides legal representation to indigent defendants.
The public defender system is not the only form of indigent defense program offered in the United States. Besides the public defender system, there are two other main alternatives: assigned-counsel system and contract-service system. [3] Assigned-counsel is where the court appoints a private lawyer to defend someone who cannot afford to pay. [3]
Pages in category "Public defense institutions" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... Missouri State Public Defender; N.