Michigan's Public Defense System
Michigan's Public Defense System
The U.S. Constitution says you have the right to an attorney if you are accused of a crime, even if you cannot afford one. Effective defense representation is fundamental to a working justice system. But in Michigan, the system of public defense is failing. It fails the taxpayers who fund it, fails the families who rely in it to keep them safe, and fails to adequately uphold the Constitutional rights of the accused.
