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Committee hears breakdown of indigent defense funding; state grant covers majority of program
Summary
Council members questioned a proposed five-year indigent-defense funding resolution (total ~$30.1M). Law-department representatives said the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission provides the bulk of funding and the city share is roughly 14%; the program is administered in-house by the Detroit Indigent Defense Services department.
Council members asked for more detail about the funding and management of the city's indigent-defense program as the committee reviewed a resolution to authorize legal services for indigent defendants.
Member Callaway asked whether the $30 million, five-year authorization is primarily grant-funded and who manages the program. Attorney Grama Lamondo of the law department said the Detroit…
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