Public Defender Stuff
Public Defender Stuff says it posts "indigent defense news, delivered fresh daily. Home of daily roundups of all new public defender blog posts, news related to indigent defense and the Public Defender Blogger Awards."
Author: The blog is currently authored by "Gideon," who also authors the blog A Public Defender.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Public Defenders • Anonymous • Public Defender
Recent Posts from Public Defender Stuff
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Lawyers rally for GA public defender system
From the Macon Telegraph: Defense attorneys were among the loudest supporters of Georgia’s ambitious public defender program, which for the first time created a statewide network of full-time attorneys to represent Georgia’s poor. Which may…
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State wants defenders to stop refusing cases
From the Lexington Herald-Leader (KY): The state finance cabinet is asking for an injunction to block public defenders from withdrawing from cases. The Department of Public Advocacy began withdrawing from certain types of cases July…
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Public defender system in tug-of-war
From the Florida Times-Union: Georgia’s ailing public defender system, once praised as a national model for providing legal representation to poor defendants, is now in a legal tug-of-war with critics who say it has failed…
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Dallas PD caseloads deemed too high
From Pegasus News (via Grits): John Wiley Price and the Dallas County Commissioners Court don’t appear fazed by the news, but the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense issued a report yesterday (pdf) analyzing the…
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State’s public defender overhaul earns kudos
From the Great Falls Tribune (Montana): Two years after Montana overhauled its system for defending the poor in court — partly in response to an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit — state officials and ACLU…
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Letters
From public defender intern blogger Petition for Review: Dear Prosecutor, Thank you for responding by telling me that I’ve read the case incorrectly by citing to an older case not on point. In the future…
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This week’s stats
From public defender blogger Ipse Dixit: 4: number of trials on calendar today2: number of trials set to call the prosecution’s bluff2: number of trial dismissals because the prosecution was unable to proceed1: number of…
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New pd blog posts
Here are the new public defender blog posts: A Daddy, a Mommy, and a Tater Tota public defenderA Public Defender’s Life in AlaskaA Year in the LifeAbolish the Death PenaltyAccident ProneArbitrary and CapriciousBetween A Laugh…
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Sorry for the silence
Sorry for the silence folks. It’s been a busy few weeks over here and will continue to be so for the next week. Hopefully regular posting should resume sometime at the end of next week.…
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Public defense faces heavy load
From the Hi-Desert Star (CA): The annual report of the San Bernardino County Grand Jury examines the county’s public defenders office and finds it understaffed, an assessment the Joshua Tree public defenders’ supervisor called “100…