Personally, if I'd been on the law firms» pro bono committees, I wouldn't have chosen to represent detainees when there are so many far more compelling, but less sexy cases (such as defense of indigent criminal defendants accused of capital crimes at the trial level rather than up at the Supreme Court, for starters) where litigants desperately need representation. (legalblogwatch.typepad.com)
Melissa has also served as an Assistant Public Defender in Broward County where she represented indigent criminal defendants charged in a variety of cases ranging from misdemeanors to first degree felonies. (conroysimberg.com)
After years of what critics say was underfunding legal aid for New York's lowest - income people, the Senate and Assembly passed a bill in 2016 to create a state - funded system to ensure that indigent criminal defendants receive legal representation, as is their right under the U.S. Constitution. (wxxinews.org)