Sentences with phrase «statewide public defender»
In partnership with the Indiana Public Defender Council, the Supreme Court helped design and develop a statewide Public Defender system.
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Prior to joining IPF, Ms. Dolan spent 5.5 years with the Kentucky's statewide public defender system, the Department of Public Advocacy (DPA), litigating post-conviction cases for capital and non-capital clients in both state and federal court.
The best solution to this problem is a well - funded statewide public defender system in which lawyers have training, reasonable caseloads, access to high - quality investigators, and access to necessary experts.
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.
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The IDC also announced $ 250,000 in funding for the Vera Institute of Justice's New York Immigrant Family Unity Project to provide public defenders to those facing deportation and called for $ 4 million funding to meet the remaining statewide need.
The suit names Edwards, Chief Public Defender Jay Dixon, and all members of the Louisiana Public Defender Board, the agency responsible for the oversight of statewide legal services for the poor in criminal cases.»
In the article, which was strategically targeted for publication in a state legal journal widely read by 47,000 prosecutors, public defenders, human rights attorneys, judges, and law and policy makers, in the State of Georgia, I sought to exercise the Transformative Voice, in an effort to informally initiate public mediation among members of the statewide judiciary and criminal justice system, and the affected marginalized communities.