Letter to Gov. Polis on Protecting the Meaningful Right to Counsel (Apr 2025)

I write on behalf of NACDL and urge you to sign HB-1147, a bill which promotes and protects fairness in Colorado’s courts, into law. HB-1147 provides critical protections that ensure individuals facing criminal charges have access to independent, resourced, and effective counsel; promotes community confidence in our legal institutions; and ensures the state fulfills its constitutional obligations to promote a meaningful right to counsel.

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