Sentences with phrase «government as public defenders»
Some work for non-profit agencies or for the government as public defenders.
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Saddled with an unresponsive public defender, Dee is offered a Faustian bargain: she can plead guilty, receive a ten - year probation, pay a small fine, and return to her children immediately, but as a convicted felon she'll lose her voting rights and be ineligible for government assistance.
This gap is expected to widen in the decades ahead as government legal help for those in need continues to diminish, with a steady decline in funding for Legal Aid, public defenders, and state and federal court resources.
The majority of respondents identified themselves as lawyers in private practice, but we also received responses from civil government and public interest lawyers, prosecutors and public defenders, and corporate in - house lawyers.
Our lawyers have worked in both the state and federal government in agencies such as United States Navy, U.S. Attorney's Office, U.S. Small Business Administration, State of Florida, U.S. District Court, M.D. of FL, Miami - Dade State Attorney's Office, Pasco County, Pinellas County and Manatee County Public Defenders Office, Pinellas County State Attorney's Office.
As in New Orleans, the ACLU places the blame not on the public defender's office but on the county and state governments, which it says have abdicated their responsibilities under Gideon.
Few work for the government or as public defenders: about 8 % are employed by the government, and less than 1 % work as public defenders.
Whether it is by acting as legal counsel; helping to secure positive and fair change in the laws and policies of our local, state and federal governments; or acting as advocate and a steadfast ally to those without the ability to protect themselves, Stuart, Mona, Amelia, Peggy, and Bennett and the Public Defender's Office of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida are true champions for equal justice.
A criminal defense lawyer who has been employed by the government is referred to as the public defender.