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Jan 26, 2022

Louisiana holds one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. 

 

And with a lack of funding, public defenders can only handle 21% of open cases at a time. 

 

In today’s episode, I speak to two impressive guests: Derwyn Bunton, Chief Public Defender of Orleans Public Defenders, and Trisha Ward, Chief Public...


Jan 19, 2022

Meet Justin Andrus: Executive Director of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services.

 

In this week’s episode, I speak with Justin about how he is massively improving the indigent defense system in the state of Maine. 

 

Maine is unique because 100% of their public defenders are contract attorneys, but Justin...


Jan 12, 2022

04: Public Defense w/ David Carroll

This week, Executive Director of the Sixth Amendment Center, David Carroll walks us through how he got into public defense, the issues with public defense, and solutions that we can implement now.

 

You’ll learn the some the areas states continue to fail sixth amendment obligationa,...