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Maryland courts run out of money to pay for poor defendants' pretrial home detention

BALTIMORE — Maryland courts have run out of money to pay for indigent people charged with crimes to be released on home detention pending trial, putting hundreds of such defendants at risk of reincarceration, according to documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun. In 2021, the state sent $5 million to its Administrative Office of the Courts for a program that would pay private home detention . ....

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He defended Columbus area residents unable to afford a lawyer. Robert Wadkins Sr. dies

He was the first chief public defender in the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit. ....

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Justice can't be swift without public defenders

It s clear public defenders across the nation have more clients than they can ethically represent, including in New Mexico. ....

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New National Public Defense Workload Standards Released

New National Public Defense Workload Standards Released
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Lack of Iowa contract lawyers 'a crisis,' leading to 'grueling' caseloads

The 562 lawyers taking contract cases is a decrease of almost 50 percent from the 1,100 lawyers who were taking court-appointed cases in 2014, the Iowa State Bar Association said. ....

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