Welcome and Mission ... The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System implements the Indigent Defense Act, 51 O.S. Section 1355 et seq., by providing trial, appellate and post-conviction criminal defense services to persons who have been judicially determined to be entitled to legal counsel at State expense.
www.oids.ok.gov/
Organization of Agency ...   The Indigent Defense System employs 130 fulltime staff members, including some 65 attorneys. The System¿s main office is in Norman located in  Hope Hall on the grounds of Griffin Memorial Hospital. Satellite offices are located in  Clinton,  Mangum, Okmulgee, and Sapulpa.
www.ok.gov/OIDS/Organization/index.html
study the system of defense of indigent persons in criminal law matters in Texas, collect data and other information relevant to their defense and to develop recommendations for action by the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Legislature, and all other entities that are or should be involved in the provision of...
www.uta.edu/pols/moore/indigent/indigentdefense.htm www.uta.edu/pols/moore/indigent/indigentdefense.htm
Statistical information, and publications about indigent defense systems in the United States. ... The Federal system also has several types of programs to deliver indigent criminal defense:
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/id.htm
Indigent defense is important because each person charged with a crime has the constitutional right to adequate representation. ... The Indigent Defense Act modeled the system of public defenders for each circuit after the state's 16 judicial circuits.
www.heraldonline.com/109/story/550478.html
On August 3, 2009, Attorney General Eric H. Holder, spoke to the ABA House of Delegates, where he voiced the Department’s commitment to helping improve the indigent defense system and specifically focused on the workload crisis.;
www.abanet.org/legalservices/sclaid/defender/
Following the work of an indigent defense task force of the State Bar Association, the North Dakota Legislature will be considering legislation in its 2005 session to create a new statewide authoritative commission tasked with improving the indigent defense system and considering the creation of regional public...
www.abanet.org/legalservices/downloads/sclaid/indigentd... www.abanet.org/legalservices/downloads/sclaid/indigentdefense/50states.pdf
The American Bar Association today made available on the Web a new report that says the nation's indigent defense systems are "mired in crisis." The report, "Gideon's Broken Promise: America's Continuing Quest for Equal Justice," released today by ... Friday, February 11, 2005; ABA report condemns indigent defense system...
www.legaline.com/2005/02/aba-report-condemns-indigent-d... www.legaline.com/2005/02/aba-report-condemns-indigent-defense.html
But while “improvement of delivery of indigent defense services” is a stated goal for state court this year, it’s likely to be more of a fine tuning than a wholesale revision of the system. ... Hall officials seek to improve indigent defense system; Court-appointed lawyers more common, costly than in past...
www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/article/14838/
Ohio’s indigent defense system consists of County Public Defenders, which includes County offices and also agreements with Non-Profit Corporations, Court-Appointed Counsel, and the Office of the Ohio Public Defender.
www.opd.ohio.gov/CountyPD/CountyPD.htm
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