News Coverage 2011
Commission begins study of public defender system
Michigan Public Radio, aired on Interlochen Public Radio, October 21, 2011
Fixing indigent defense will take a fight
Lansing State Journal editorial, October 20, 2011
Snyder setting up commission to study court representation for the indigent
WTVB-AM, October 14, 2011
Gov. Snyder appoints commission to improve legal representation for the poor
Dave Murray, Grand Rapids Press, October 13, 2011 (Also printed in the Saginaw News)
Snyder launches panel to boost legal aid for the poor
Paul Egan, Detroit News, October 13, 2011
Snyder names commission to improve legal defense
Kathy Barks Hoffman, Associated Press, October 13, 2011
Fair trial forum held
Garrett Neese, Daily Mining Gazette, September 20, 2011
Letter: Public defender system long overdue for reform
Dr. David Schuringa, Muskegon Chronicle, June 2, 2011
Editorial: Why Michigan's public defender system needs reform
Grand Rapids Press, May 25, 2011
Groups claim public defender system fails defendants
Wayne Peal, Oakland County Legal News, May 23, 2011
Michigan fails to defend the poor
T. Kelly, Michigan Citizen, May 22, 2011
Editorial: Defend the poor, strengthen legal aid system
Detroit News, May 23, 2011
Area man included in justice book
The Times Herald (Port Huron), May 19, 2011
ACLU blasts Michigan's public defender system, cites Muskegon case
John S. Hausman, Muskegon Chronicle, May 19, 2011
Editorial: Michigan must stem the growing costs of cut-rate justice
Detroit Free Press, May 18, 2011
Book release of Michigan men wrongly convicted
WDIV-TV, May 18, 2011
Muskegon case criticized in ACLU report
Tony Tagliavia, WOOD-TV, May 18, 2011
Report calls Michigan's public defender "abysmal"
Sarah Cwiek, Michigan Public Radio, May 18, 2011
Report shows state's justice system needs reform
WLNS Lansing (Channel 6)
Groups: Michigan's public defender system broken
David Ashenfelter, Detroit Free Press, May 18, 2011
Lawyers who want change in Mich. public defense system release book of the wrongly convicted
Ed White, Associated Press, May 18, 2011 (Printed in: Chicago Tribune / WNEM 9 & 10 News / Port Huron Times Herald / WTOL TV)
ACLU: Michigan public defender system among worst
Doug Guthrie, Detroit News, May 18, 2011
Justice demands a fix to public defense system
Dennis Archer & Richard McLellan (guest commentary), Detroit Free Press, May 18, 2011
Michigan Public Defender System One of the Worst, ACLU Says
ABA Journal, May 18, 2011
Systemic Failure
Black News Magazine, May 18, 2011
Crimes of the Courts
Trevor W. Coleman, BLAC Detroit Magazine, May 2011
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Fired public defender highlights ongoing indigent defense crisis
John Minnis, Legal News, March 7, 2011
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County public defenders are needed
Laura Sager, Soo Evening News, February 23, 2011
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Case grows clearer - Justice system fails the indigent
The Mining Journal (Marquette), February 13, 2011
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County terminates Public Defender
Scott Brand, Soo Evening News, February 9, 2011
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Case grows clearer - Justice system fails the indigent
Detroit Free Press, February 1, 2011
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Push on for changes in criminal defense system
Capitol News Service, January 28, 2011
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