Newark, NJ- All Americans accused of a crime are entitled to defense counsel regardless of their crime or their income level. A defense attorney is supposed to be provided to indigent and low-income offenders by public defender’s offices in each jurisdiction, but there is a growing underfunding problem in these offices across New Jersey and the U.S. overall. Indigent criminal defendants pay the price for the funding shortfalls in public defender’s offices; civil rights advocates and public defenders are taking a stand through civil lawsuits.
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