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Public defense resources
A group of Michigan State University film students filmed a documentary entitled "Publicly Defended: Michigan's Fight for Public Defender Reform." Please take the time to watch this incredible film by clicking here. Note: The Campaign for Justice did not produce, direct, or film this video.
On May 24, 2010, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission passed a resolution on the right to counsel.
In March 2009, Dawn Van Hoek of the State Appellate Defender Office published a white paper entited "Penny-Wise and Pound Foolish," discussing the cost savings of an effective public defense system.
On July 10, 2008, the Campaign for Justice and the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan hosted a joint meeting, featuring Director Nicholas Chiarkas, Deputy Director Kelli Thompson of the Wisconsin State Public Defender Office and Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm. Click here for resources from that meeting.
Additional Michigan's Public Defense Resources are collected and maintained by the Criminal Defense Resource Center of the State Appellate Defender Office, at www.sado.org/publicdefense
National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA), Defense Resources, at www.nlada.org/Defender
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), at www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/DefenseUpdates/ID_by_State
ABA Indigent Defense / Public Defender Systems, at www.abanet.org/legalservices/sclaid/defender/research.html
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