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As Life Without Parole Cases Rise, Finding Public Defenders Grows Harder  

The Crime Report

Only 11 states report having minimum qualifications for lawyers who represent impoverished people facing a lifetime behind bars, according to the nonprofit Sixth Amendment Center. Most states have no rules, and someone just out of law school could handle a life-without-parole case in Illinois or Nebraska.

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ALPS In Brief – Episode 64: Project Destination

ALPS

So really involved in the South Dakota State Bar, American Bar Association, and the Young Lawyers Division. We had a judge and I was his lawyer. We sat in the cafeteria and they told me what it was like to be a lawyer and what it meant, and just always stuck with me. We had about 25 young lawyer volunteers.

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