As Life Without Parole Cases Rise, Finding Public Defenders Grows Harder
The Crime Report
MAY 20, 2021
Only 11 states report having minimum qualifications for lawyers who represent impoverished people facing a lifetime behind bars, according to the nonprofit Sixth Amendment Center. Most states have no rules, and someone just out of law school could handle a life-without-parole case in Illinois or Nebraska.
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