Thank you to the Mississippi Public Defender’s Association!

Thanks to the Mississippi Public Defender’s Association for choosing our hometown of Cleveland to host this year’s fall statewide conference. Good coverage by Delta News as the over 100 lawyers in attendance continue to improve the practice.

Approximately 80% of criminal defense statewide in Mississippi is indigent. This large and unpredictable expense falls to the coffers of individual counties. The counties of the Delta are disproportionately affected as we are one of the poorest areas of the state.

A fair solution? Have a defender system funded by the state - just like the prosecutors.

“There can be no equal justice where the trial a man gets depends on how much money he has.” - Justice Hugo Black

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