New LA County Program Helps Unhoused People Resolve Legal Problems Blocking...
On March 21, the LA County Public Defender’s Office officially launched the Community Outreach Court (COC), a program to help unhoused community members clear up legal issues that may block them from...
View ArticleLA County May Soon Create a Civil Justice Defense Program to Address the...
Public defender offices in jurisdictions elsewhere in the nation offer representation for indigent criminal justice system-involved people over additional legal issues like immigration, family court,...
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LA County Supes Tell Sheriff McDonnell To Stop Helping the LAPD Record...
On Tuesday the LA County Board of Supervisors voted to send a formal, “five-signature letter” telling Sheriff Jim McDonnell to stop ASAP with his plans to “roll-out” the installation of audio-video...
View ArticleMeet the One-Person Alternative Sentencing Program Connecting Californians to...
By Nadine Ono On most days, social service worker Lita Meza can be found in her Toyota Prius transporting her clients from Riverside County’s jails to outside rehabilitation programs all over Southern...
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LA’s New Public Defender MUST Have “Significant Criminal Defense Experience”...
Los Angeles County’s public defender’s office has been without a permanent leader since the previous Public Defender, Ron Brown, stepped down at the end of 2016. Unlike district attorneys who are...
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LA County Supervisors Appoint Interim Head of Public Defender’s Office, as...
On Tuesday, the members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint lawyer Nicole Davis Tinkham as the new interim head of LA’s Public Defender’s office. The vote to...
View ArticlePublic Defenders Fight Back Against Budget Cuts, Growing Caseloads
By Theresa Wiltz Public defenders have complained for decades they’ve got too many cases and not enough money — or time — to do their clients justice. Now, more public defense advocates are suing...
View ArticleLA County Supes Do Away With Fee for “Free” Public Defender
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to eliminate a $50 fee levied against poor defendants who choose to invoke their right to a public defender. The motion, introduced by...
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Implicit Bias And Public Defenders…Mental Illness and Violence…Rape Hotlines...
SF PUBLIC DEFENDER JEFF ADACHI ON THE IMPACT OF RACIAL BIAS AMONG PUBLIC DEFENDERS In recent years, there has been increased attention on the issue of implicit—or unconscious—racial bias among law...
View ArticleFresno’s Public Defender Problem…John Oliver on Mandatory Minimum...
ACLU LAWSUIT AGAINST FRESNO SAYS POOR DEFENDANTS GO WITHOUT ADEQUATE LEGAL REPRESENTATION FROM PUBLIC DEFENDERS The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the city of Fresno in Northern California over the...
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CA Supremes Rule on Police Privacy v. Defendants’ Rights…The Science of...
THE CAL SUPREMES PICK STATE LAW OVER CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS IN A RULING ABOUT WHO CAN ACCESS POLICE PERSONNEL FILES On Monday, July 6, the California Supreme Court ruled that defense attorneys...
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