Barry Scheck to Speak in Baton Rouge

The News Star reports that Barry Scheck will speak to the Louisiana gubernatorial indigent defenders' task force, "perhaps as early as Thursday." Mr. Scheck is the president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and will be speaking about the lawsuit that the association is preparing to file against the state in an effort to force adequate funding and reforms for the state indigent defense system.

Posted by AJR at August 9, 2004 08:22 AM