Public defender rules for poor Hoosiers often unwritten and vary by judicial officer, report finds

Study: Policies for public defender appointment are all over the place

Indiana’s trial courts use largely individually set, unwritten methodologies to decide who’s poor enough for publicly funded legal defense, the state has found.

Public defender rules for poor Hoosiers often unwritten and vary by judicial officer, report finds

Indiana’s trial courts use largely individually set, unwritten methodologies to decide who’s poor enough for publicly funded legal defense, the state has found.

LA Public Defender Ricardo Garcia Says Prop 36 Is ‘Punishing Poverty and Addiction’

One year after California voters passed Proposition 36, Los Angeles County Public Defender Ricardo Garcia has warned that the measure has failed to address the root causes of addiction and poverty, and has instead led to increased incarceration and racial inequities in the justice system.