For months, taxpayer-funded public defenders, public advocates and court-appointed private attorneys have privately exchanged stories of delays in meeting prison clients.
Smith launched a nonprofit that supports breast cancer patients through mentorship, beauty tutorials, diet tips, and a series of five books featuring candid survivor stories.
Funding for the work by the Sixth Amendment Center will come from money already in the Unified Judicial System's current budget, state court administrator Greg Sattizahn said Monday.