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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]
The San Diego County Public Defender's office is an agency of the government of San Diego County, California. It provides legal assistance to individuals charged with a crime in state court who are financially unable to retain private counsel. [ 1 ]
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 two men who have shaped the criminal justice system in Dutchess County for years stepped down at the end of 2023. Both District Attorney William Grady and Public Defender Thomas Angell retired ...
A former Ramsey County public defender and assistant attorney general has resigned and won't serve prison time after the resolution of criminal sexual conduct charges filed against him, while his ...
HILLSDALE — The Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners narrowly approved the county’s Michigan Indigent Defense Commission budget for fiscal year 2025 which included a significant increase in ...
In 2014, after spending 25 years as a public defender, Moriarty was selected as Hennepin County's first female chief public defender. [9] As chief, Moriarty oversaw some 45,000 cases per year and managed a staff of 140 attorneys and over 70 support staff including investigators, dispositional advisors, paralegals, IT personnel, legal office assistants and law clerks.
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