Across the West, public defense systems face crushing caseloads, historic underfunding, structural problems and staffing shortages, imperiling criminal defendants’ lives and denying them their constitutional right to counsel.
Across the West, public defense systems face crushing caseloads, historic underfunding, structural problems and staffing shortages, imperiling criminal defendants’ lives and denying them their constitutional right to counsel.
Across the West, public defense systems face crushing caseloads, historic underfunding, structural problems and staffing shortages, imperiling criminal defendants’ lives and denying them their constitutional right to counsel.