Sentences with phrase «by public defenders»

Minimal education requirements that need to be met by Public Defenders and showcased in their resumes are similar to those applying to any lawyer: owning a law degree from an accredited school and having passed the bar exam.

In subsequent years, NLADA established the National Defender Project to strengthen public defense systems, filed an amicus brief in the landmark In re Gault (1967) which saw the Supreme Court extend to children the rights established by the Gideon decision, and produced guidelines to improve representation by public defenders.

February 22, 2015 — «A law meant to ensure Tennessee counties fund their prosecutors and public defenders offices at roughly the same rates is on the legislature's chopping block, a move touted as long overdue by prosecutors behind the movement but lamented by public defenders as a potentially dangerous blow to justice.

He is also a blogger at Public Defender Stuff and overseer of the PD Blog Guide, an index of blogs written by public defenders.

While at this point it's being employed mostly by public defenders, whose clients often receive short shrift, once the vids are proven to be effective, there's no doubt that more affluent clients will use them.

Accused of beating of sleeping man with a baseball bat, Stewart was represented by a public defender at his first trial.

Data from CLUE was used in a report released by the public defender's office last year, which Rothstein says was «tremendously impactful.»

If Allen had been represented by a public defender, Bunton was sure an investigator would have sought out the security footage — but those videos typically are erased and overwritten within a few weeks.

In the first case, which was handled by a public defender, he was sentenced to death and in the two which I tried, he received life sentences without the jury knowing about the first case.

Additionally, every state already ihass a right to counsel for some civil areas (our website shows which states have which rights: http://civilrighttocounsel.org/map), and those are generally handled by the public defender or legal aid.

After graduating from law school, he was employed as a trial attorney by the Public Defender's Office in Littleton and by Hall & Evans, a large insurance defense firm.

All you need to do is see a jury turned off by a public defender tying on a lap top during trial

Any complaint lodged by a public defender would have been scoffed at.

Cruz is represented by the Public Defender's Office, which could reasonably be expected to call Finkelstein as a witness to explain why his office signed on to a plan to keep troubled students from ending up in the criminal justice system, Arreaza wrote.

Not exact matches

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

Garcia Zarate (right) is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi (left) for his arraignment in the death of Kate Steinle at the Hall of Justice in 2015.

Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who authorities suspect is the so - called Golden State Killer responsible for at least a dozen murders and 50 rapes in the 1970s and 80s, is accompanied by Sacramento County Public Defender Diane Howard, right, as he makes his first appearance, Friday, April 27, 2018, in Sacramento County Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif..

Cruz requested a Bible, according to jail records released by the Broward Sheriff's Office, but it was denied because of the suicide watch, the public defender said.

Flanked by his team of public defenders and over a half dozen Broward Sheriff's Office deputies, suspected Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz appeared in a Broward County courtroom Wednesday afternoon for a status hearing into whether he can afford to pay for his own defense.

But as a public defender of and advocate for the faith, he often falls into the trap of resisting attacks on Christianity by removing anything that might be attacked.

Criminal justice reforms that were left out of the state budget should be passed by lawmakers before the end of the legislative session in June, the city's five primary public defender organizations say.

The movement to stop prosecuting subway fare - beaters, announced recently by the Manhattan district attorney and soon to be adopted in Brooklyn, must be expanded citywide, public defenders argue.

It's the dirty word of the criminal defence community - the controversial Public Defender Service - paid for and run by the Ministry of Justice.

Supporters say the bill would create a more unified system for public defenders as opposed to services provided to the poor on a county - by - county basis.

Among other criminal justice issues raised by Hawkins and the Green Party candidates were: establishment of a statewide Public Defenders Office; legalization of marijuana; Broken Windows policy; justice for Eric Garner; raising the age of adult criminal responsibility to 18; banning solitary confinement; educational opportunities for prisoners; assistance to help ex-offenders find employment and housing; and alternatives to incarceration.

Public defenders and advocates of criminal justice reform almost immediately criticized the governor's proposal as falling far short of the protections afforded by the Legislature's bill.

The gift wrapping event was organized 25 years ago, and has become a holiday tradition for state parole officers, who have been joined by representatives from the Albany County Public Defenders Office, and area law firms such as Kindlon Shanks and Associates, and the Cheryl Coleman Law Office.

She was introduced by Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union President Stuart Appelbaum who said, as public advocate, James has been a defender of disadvantaged New Yorkers and the city's working class.

The gifts and money raised to purchase the food baskets were made by PEF, parole officers, Albany County Public Defenders Office, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision staff, Kindlon Shanks and Associates, and the Cheryl Coleman Law Office.

Herrick will take over a public defender's office that has been run of late by senior counsel Terry Kindlon, whom the judge has known for decades.

The lies were revealed when the second witness, under cross examination by Hartford Public Defender R. Bruce...

Other laws are designed to affect those who interpret them, such as the provision that takes effect Feb. 26 that creates a rotating schedule of courts to hold off - hours arraignments in counties outside of New York City to ensure that stakeholders — including judges, prosecutors and public defenders — are not strained by nighttime arrests and the poor, particularly in sparsely populated counties, have access to adequate representation.

The rally occurred several days after Brooklyn public defenders staged a walkout at a state courthouse after a man was detained by ICE agents prior to the start of a trial he was involved in.

Public defenders and advocates for immigrant rights rallied on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall on December 7 to condemn arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at New York courthouses.

The gifts and money raised to purchase the food baskets were made by PEF, parole officers, Albany County's Public Defenders Office and Alternative Defenders Office, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision staff and Kindlon Shanks and Associates.

Zimet was nominated by Andy Kossover, a local attorney and the Ulster County public defender.

Public defenders oppose courthouse arrests by immigration authorities, but administrators said lawyers» protests against the practice were disruptive.

The public has the right to know who is stopping them, why they are being questioned and how to address any improper behavior by police officers,» said the letter from the Legal Aid Society, Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, and others.

This selection weighed against the selection of Zach Carter as Corporation Counsel (because he reportedly befriends disgraced public official John L. Sampson, but was a John Gotti, Jr. slayer and Abner Louima defender and knows that «Stop & Frisk» is not racial profiling when done right) may suggest bi-polarity for the mayor - elect, but I trust not paranoia for me as I am at a befuddled disadvantage on what to expect next: but we can ask a de Blasio agreement with Gov. Cuomo that neither of them will be involved in selecting the next Council Chair (because that would not only be unlawful but power prejudice ugly in these times of moral decay by the elected).

The letter, first reported by the New York Observer, was co-signed by eight groups, including the Legal Aid Society, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and Bronx Defenders.

Sterritt *** This engrossing documentary follows a number of cases handled by San Francisco public defenders.

The Editing Award: U.S. Documentary was presented to Gideon's Army, directed by Dawn Porter — Gideon's Army follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget.

Distinctly uneven yet essentially entertaining, Fracture casts Ryan Gosling as Willy Beachum - a hotshot public defender whose latest case, involving the murder of a wealthy young women (Embeth Davidtz) by her older husband (Anthony Hopkins» Ted Crawford), threatens to make or break his career.

«SK1» was directed by Frédéric Tellier (who co-wrote the film with David Oelhoffen), and features Nathalie Baye as a public defender.

As I noted in The Same Thing Over and Over, «The debate over the sanctity of «schoolhouse leadership,» then, is really a debate between the defenders of early - twentieth - century management practices and those championing the management practices [favored] by leading public and private organizations in recent decades.»

By openly acknowledging the shortcomings of public schools and embracing innovation, he became a much more credible and effective voice for public education than the NEA or other defenders of the status quo.

Even worse is that these conditions are aided and abetted by defenders of traditional public education practices, who argue that the problems of American public education can not be solved until poverty is eradicated and parents and other reformers are kept out of schools.

Tell deliberate lies: Ridicule public education advocates as «defenders of the status quo» who want money thrown at stale ideas, even though those ideas are backed by solid evidence.

To counter the manpower advantage held by defenders of traditional public education such as the NEA and AFT, school reformers — especially Beltway - based players — need to be working the community centers, church pews, and the extensive local networks.

A judge rules that Cruz is indigent and will continue to be represented by the Broward County Public Defender's Office.