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2008 News Stories:
4/18-When Is an Adolescent an Adult? Grown-Ups Seem Confused
4/4-Prosecution, Defense See Indigent Cases Differently
3/22-Va. Court-Appointed Lawyers Shun Fund, Jeopardizing Future
1/16-Report: Virginia stiffs juvenile case attorneys
1/2-Lawyers Aren't Biting at Indigent-Defense Fund
2007 News Stories:
8/8-Public-Defender Pay Addressed
8/8-The Long Hard Road
7/9-WATCHDOG GROUP: VA.'S Indigent Defense System Getting Better
7/6-Justice effort has improved
7/6-The right to adequate counsel
5/17-Indefensible pay for juveniles' defense
5/04-Public defenders see funding hike as positive step
4/1-More money for fair trials
3/19-Kaine proposes amendments to court-appointed pay bill
3/19-Court developing rules for fee-cap waiver pay
3/12-Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star
3/12-Even the guilty deserve a competent defense
3/05-Our View |: Two good laws
3/05-Justice Restored
3/04-Lawyers for Indigent Up for Pay Increase?
3/02-In defense of the poor
3/01-Overdue relief on attorney fees...?
2/28-PUBLIC-DEFENDER PAY ADDRESSED
2/28-NEW INDIGENT BILL IS JUSTICE LONG OVERDUE
2/28-FEES RAISED FOR COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEYS
2/27-BILLS ALLOW MORE PAY FOR PUBLIC DEFENDERS
1/25-Justice on the cheap.
1/18-Senate panel backs pay raise for court-appointed attorneys
1/10-Cheap Justice: The growing debate over court-appointed attorneys
2006 News Stories:
10/26-State Bar: Defenders Of The Poor Needn't Get Poverty Wages
5/28-Dead Last - Virginia's ranking among all 50 states for its compensation of court-appointed lawyers
4/16-AGS FOR THE DEFENSE
4/14-Assembly action on fee caps urged
3/12-Op/Ed - Unfair disparity vs. uniformly lousy defense
2/03-Virginia can't defend the indefensible
2/01-Attorneys draft suit against Virginia on fee caps
1/25-Op/Ed - Some More Bills
1/25-Indigent defense measure worthy of approval
2005 News Stories:
12/29-The defense can't rest on this kind of money
12/28-Indigent defense loses out again
12/26-Justice denied: Virginia must improve indigent-defense system
12/16-Follow the DNA to find the truth
12/16-Shadow of Doubt over Virginia Justice
May/June -A Call To Improve Indigent Criminal Defense in Virginia
5/07-Lab's Errors Force Review of 150 DNA Cases
4/25-Legal reform lags in year-old effort 4/12-Louisianna's Wise Word
4/11-State's poor don't find justice in legal system
4/03-A reform agenda for state’s justice system
3/30-A Useful Reform
3/30-Preventing Wrongful Convictions 3/30-Report Offers Way to Amend VA's Criminal Justice System
3/29-Scales of Justice
3/23-Get Tough on Crime 3/20-With Staff Stretched Thin, Chief Asks Judges to Curtail Caseload
3/19-Fledgling lawyers needed
3/15-Justice on the Cheap in Virginia
2/23-Justice in Virginia
2/15-Adequate Defense Doesn’t Come for Free
1/31-Shore Up Defense For Poor in Court
1/29-Reform in Virginia
1/25-Court-Appointed Va. Attorneys May Get Raise
1/11-Toward
Justice in Virginia
1/7-Two local lawyers named
Virginia fellows
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