$$ for public defenders
Louisiana's sad system of paying for defense of indigents in criminal cases is drawing the attention of the national news media and two bloggers who happen to be public defenders: Gideon and David Feige. They find it intolerable that Louisiana relies on court costs added to traffic fines to pay public defenders. Evidently the Louisiana Supreme Court agrees.
Posted by RPW at April 9, 2005 03:45 PM