FAYETTEVILLE Arkansas has good, dedicated public defenders, but they re overworked, understaffed and underpaid, bringing the system to the verge of crisis, according to testimony before an advisory committee looking into the right to counsel.
The first-degree murder trial of a 23-year-old North Little Rock man accused of killing a 58-year-old man who complained that the defendant was being stingy with a marijuana cigar ended Thursday with a hung jury.