Indigent Defense

In an effort to reconnect families and reduce recidivism, the GPDC started the Ladders leadership development initiative. Ladders provides transformational education and wraparound services for certain individuals with prior justice...

The Rome Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office is comprised of 11 attorneys, 2 investigators, 1 Social Services Specialist and 3 Administrative Assistants. VISION STATEMENT The Rome Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office...

The Georgia Public Defender’s Office is the central office located in Atlanta, Georgia. With seven Council members and at over 400 attorneys, they are dedicated to providing zealous criminal...

Quick facts for kidsGeorgia Alliance of African American Attorneys Logo of the Georgia Alliance of African American Attorneys Formation June 1992 Type Legal Society Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia Location Membership 1600+ President Charla Hall Website www.gaaaa.org The Georgia Alliance of African American Attorneys (GAAAA) is...

ATLANTA —  When Georgia instituted a statewide public defender system in 2005, human rights groups praised it as a milestone in ensuring that poor criminal defendants received their constitutional...

About the Program Created through an act of the Georgia legislature and opened in 2005, The Northeastern Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office provides lawyers for people charged with crimes who...

Federal judges are often asked to interpret laws and legislative history and to give meaning to legislative ambiguities. So it can be argued that the system benefits from...

Federal judges are often asked to interpret laws and legislative history and to give meaning to legislative ambiguities. So it can be argued that the system benefits from...

THE FIRST TIME Michael Marcum saw the byline “Brandon Astor Jones,” he was working as a jail commander in San Francisco. It was 1993; Marcum can’t recall what the...