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Indigent Defense in Nevada

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Today's Las Vegas Sun carries the AP report, "Report: Nev. public defenders need lighter loads."Public defenders in the Las Vegas and Reno areas face overwhelming caseloads that result in a lack of "competent and diligent" assistance to poor people charged with crimes, a new report states.The report from the Spangenberg Group and the Center for Justice, Law and Society at George Mason University adds that big increases in staffing are needed to ensure that Nevada meets a long-standing U.S. Supreme Court requirement for adequate indigent counsel.The report, released Wednesday, says there are nearly 100 public defenders in Clark County, encompassing Las Vegas, but up to 90 more lawyers are needed to adequately handle the caseload...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 09, 2009 (boomark / email).