Only 1 out of 5 defendants in this Mississippi county get court-appointed lawyers before indictment
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from ABA Journal11 months ago
The right to counsel is 'tenuous' in a small Mississippi justice court in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, where two judges appointed lawyers for felony defendants in only 20% of the cases opened in 2022.
ABA Journalhttps://www.abajournal.com/news/article/only-1-out-of-5-defendants-in-one-mississippi-county-get-court-appointed-lawyers-before-indictment
Experts estimate that the national rate of lawyer appointments is 80% in felony cases, at some point in the legal process, according to the article by the Marshall Project.
ABA Journalhttps://www.abajournal.com/news/article/only-1-out-of-5-defendants-in-one-mississippi-county-get-court-appointed-lawyers-before-indictment
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