US EditionLeader of Kansas Public Defender Office Resigns in Face of Budget Cuts, Constitutional Crisis • Kansas Reflector
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In her report, issued after her official visit to Chile, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, recommended granting financial and institutional autonomy to the Office of the Public Criminal Defender, warning of “potential vulnerabilities” of its current structure. “Considering that due protection of the human rights of all persons requires effective access to legal services provi…
Leader of Kansas public defender office resigns in face of budget cuts, constitutional crisis • Kansas Reflector
Heather Cessna, former executive director of the Kansas State Board of Indigents' Defense Services, appears at a June 26, 2025, recording of the Kansas Reflector podcast. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — Heather Cessna is resigning as executive director of the state public defender’s office after years of warning apathetic legislators about the constitutional crisis they created by persistently underfunding her agency. Cessna said the Le…
Leader of Kansas public defender office resigns in face of budget cuts, constitutional crisis
TOPEKA — Heather Cessna is resigning as executive director of the state public defender’s office after years of warning apathetic legislators about the constitutional crisis they created by persistently underfunding her agency. Cessna said the Legislature’s refusal to adequately support…
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