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Another attack on indigent defense

October 19, 2010 By AmberPaw

The Boston Globe ran an editorial State can save on lawyers by hiring more public defenders   which is sadly based on a misunderstanding of what court-appointed attorneys and DAs do.  First, it is easier to accuse than to disprove … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bar-advocate, court-appointed-attorney, da, gideon, public-defender, right-to-counsel, sutter

Were guardians ad litem and indigent defense thrown under the budget bus?

January 27, 2010 By AmberPaw

Go to http://www.mass.gov/bb/h1/fy11... Line item 0321-1500 is "staff" Line item 0321-1510 is "independent contractors" - private attorneys who accept court appointments in child welfare, mental health, and criminal cases.    I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gideon, gideons-trumpet, guardian-ad-litem, indigent-defense, public-defender, state-employee

Bar Advocate stalled back pay passed tonight!

October 11, 2007 By AmberPaw

The House and Senate passed a Supplemental Budget tonight.  It contains the money to pay invoices submitted by court appointed attorneys, some times called "bar advocates" for work done between 4/1/07 and 6/30/07, timely billed, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bar-advocate, indigent-defense, public-defender, supplemental-budget

Update on the Ohio Public Defender – remember him? He refused to go to trial unprepared.

August 31, 2007 By AmberPaw

Turns out Brian Jones was only three months out of law school - but he sure has "brass balls" if you ask me.John Wesley Hall, Jr., the President elect of the National Association of Defense Lawyers (NACDL)testified as an expert witness on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bar-advocate, brian-jones, contempt, indigent-defense, nacdl, public-defender

Update on Brian Jones [The public defender arrested for refusing to go to trial unprepared]

August 20, 2007 By AmberPaw

Here is my promised update.  Attorney Brian Jones was released after five hours.  His action was lauded by other Public Defenders in Ohio, as Ohio's Supreme Court has held that representing a defendant when an attorney is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: brian-jones, indigent-defense, judge-plough, public-defender

Public Defender arrested in Ohio for refusing to go to trial unprepared, yesterday

August 17, 2007 By AmberPaw

For the whole newspaper story, go to:http://www.recordpub...NACDL, the national organization for those who defend the indigent, has also weighed in.  Their press release is located at:http://www.nacdl.org...One excerpt:The judge in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: constitution, courage, indigent-defense, judge, public-defender, sixth-amendment

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