Indigent Defense News

Indigent Defense News

NACDL is committed to ensuring quality representation for all accused individuals and has set out to help reform inadequate state and local indigent defense systems through technical assistance, public education, advocacy, and litigation. This page contains breaking news and cutting edge developments from 2013. News Archive 


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"Charts: Why You're in Deep Trouble If You Can't Afford a Lawyer," by Hannah Levintova, Jaeah Lee, and Brett Brownell, Mother Jones, May 6, 2013.

"Push continues to fix Mich.'s indigent defense," by David Eggert, Associated Press, May 4, 2013.

"Mo. public defender retires early to avert layoffs," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 3, 2013.

"N.Y. courts to boost aid for indigent legal services," by Joseph Spector, The Democrat and Chronicle, May 1, 2013.

"In Boston Marathon Bomb Case, Resources Aren't Equal," by Zoe Tillman, The National Law Journal, April 29, 2013.

"Federal public defenders question fairness of sequestration," by Steve Ramirez, Las Cruces Sun-News, April 29, 2013.

"Do Louisianans Have the Right to a Speedy Trial?," by Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic, April 29, 2013.

"Editorial: A State’s Duty to Indigent Defendants," The New York Times, April 29, 2013.

"Representing accused terrorists strains public defenders," by Max Lackie, MSNBC, April 28, 2013.

"Cuts to limit criminal case days in fed courts," by Scott Sandlin, ABQ Journal, April 25, 2013.

"Defending the Indigent," Norman Reimer, Letter to The New York Times, April 24, 2013.

"U.S. Courts Announce Sequestration Plan for Defenders," by Zoe Tillman, The Blog of Legal Times, April 18, 2013.

"Op-Ed: Public defenders offices shouldn’t suffer under sequestration," by Paul L. Friedman and Reggie B. Walton, The Washington Post, April 18, 2013.

"Silver lining in threatened lawsuits over indigent defense, says editorial," by Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal, April 11, 2013.

"Editorial: Sequestration of Justice," The New York Times, April 11, 2013.

"Gitmo Defense Lawyers Say Somebody Has Been Accessing Their Emails," by Cora Currier, ProPublica, April 11, 2013.

"Constitution Check: Can constitutional rights be suspended for lack of funding?," by Lyle Denniston, Constitution Daily, April 11, 2013.

"Editorial: Lawyer up: The poor must be defended," The Salt Lake Tribune, April 10, 2013.

"Op-Ed: Child Migrants, Alone in Court," by Sonia Nazario, The New York Times, April 10, 2013.

"A Look Inside White Supremacist Prison Gangs," by Neal Conan, NPR, April 9, 2013.

"Sequester Effects: Top Public Defender Forced To Fire Himself," by Ryan J. Reilly and Sam Stein, The Huffington Post, April 8, 2013.

"Without changes, Utah could be sued over attorneys for poor," by Marissa Lang, The Salt Lake Tribune, April 6, 2013.

"Attorneys see rise in Broome County's indigent defendants caseload," by Steve Reilly, Binghamton Press & Sun, April 5, 2013.

"Right to Counsel Trumps Guilty Plea," by Joan Caher, April 3, 2013.

"Maryland Senate Committee to Vote on Legislation That Would Reverse Progress in Delivery of Indigent Defense Services ," NACDL News Release, March 29, 2013.

"Public Defenders and Justice," by The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC, March 28, 2013.

"Virgin Islands indigent defense system behind times," by Lou Mattei, Virgin Islands Daily News, March 25, 2013.

"Anthony Lewis, Supreme Court Reporter Who Brought Law to Life, Dies at 85," by Adam Liptak, The New York Times, March 25, 2013.

"After 50 Years, A State Of Crisis For The Right To Counsel," NPR, March 19, 2013.

"Op-ed: Violating the right to a lawyer," by Stephen B. Bright and Sia Sanneh, Los Angeles Times, March 18, 2013.

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