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Indigent Defense Commission rolls out checklists for public-defense contractors; proposes spot-check verification of indigency
Summary
The Indigent Defense Commission described a new checklist system to standardize representation by contract defenders and discussed models for verifying indigency, including application, universal verification and spot checks.
Matt Bridal, executive director for the Indigent Defense Commission, told the subcommittee the Commission has spent about a year developing a concise, practicable checklist for public defenders who operate as independent contractors in counties that lack full-time public defender offices. "We convened a group of managing defenders to help develop a checklist for Utah," Bridal said, describing the collaborative process with managing defenders and county offices.
Bridal said Utah's public-defense system is county-run: some counties have full-time public defender offices or contracting firms (shaded counties on a map he showed), while many counties rely…
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