indigent defense

Michigan courts, community agencies and libraries are building out the network of centers to provide legal help for people who can’t afford an attorney in civil cases.

Michigan county officials say new state rules designed to provide indigent criminal defendants with more effective legal representation impose an undue…

The U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to an attorney. But underfunded and disjointed public defense systems means that low income people accused of a…

The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution makes it clear: any citizen accused of a crime will -- if necessary -- have access to qualified legal…

A set of bills was just introduced in the Legislature to begin the process of overhauling Michigan’s public defender system.As The Michigan Public Radio…

A plan to change the way Michigan counties appoint public defenders is headed to the state Senate.As Michigan Public Radio’s Jake Neher reports, the…

The state Attorney General has stalled a plan to overhaul Michigan’s public defense system. As Michigan Public Radio’s Jake Neher reports, supporters were…

Hearings are supposed to begin this summer on plans to ensure poor defendants get a fair shake in the legal system.A state lawmaker says he wants to make…

A commission appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to look at how Michigan ensures everyone accused of a crime gets a decent legal defense has made its…