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Senate advances bill to create Indigent Defense Commission with $3 million start-up request
Summary
Senate sponsors moved the second substitute of SB155 to third reading to create a statewide Indigent Defense Commission to set standards, training, and oversight after a Judicial Council study found inconsistent county systems; the bill includes a $3,000,000 startup request.
Senators moved the second substitute of Senate Bill 155 to third reading after a sponsor described recommendations from a Judicial Council study on indigent criminal defense.
The sponsor said the study found the state ‘‘has delegated the state's constitutional responsibility under the Sixth Amendment to ... provide effective representation of counsel to indigent defendants entirely to counties and…
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