Criminal Practice: Events Highlight Pa.'s Lack of Indigent Defense Funding

A recent ruling by a Luzerne County trial court ordering the county commissioners to direct more resources to the public defender's office and an ongoing dispute between the Philadelphia Defender Association and city government over incongruous salaries and unfilled vacancies have highlighted a statewide issue in Pennsylvania: underfunding of indigent criminal defense.
TheLegalIntelligencer.com

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