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Indigent Defense in Ohio

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The Chillicothe Gazatte reports, "Changes to public defense system to come." Changes have been promised in the state public defender's office that the office's new leader said will help counties like Ross and Pike provide better representation to lower-income defendants. Tim Young, the newly appointed state public defender, feels his office in recent years became too isolated and didn't offer enough help to county attorneys, affecting the quality of representation of poor criminals across the state. "There's too much division and not enough sharing of information, and ultimately that division means that good ideas aren't taking root statewide," Young told The Associated Press. Ross County Prosecutor Mike Ater said he has a great working relationship with the public defender's office locally...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 14, 2008 (boomark / email).