Sunday, February 28, 2021

Judge finds practice of using a waiting list to assign cases to public defenders is unconstitutional

Ten days ago, a judge in Missouri found that the state’s practice of putting poor criminal defendants on a waiting list to be appointed a public defender is unconstitutional.  However, the judge issued a stay to give legislators more time to remedy the situation.  You can read the opinion here and a summary here.

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