Department of Public Advocacy

This blog provides stories from the Advocate and other publications of Kentucky's Department of Public Advocacy. The DPA is a state-wide public defender agency.

Thursday, August 26, 2004

Federal Lawsuit filed against Cincinnati Public Defender's Office

Lawsuit: Public Defender's Office fails
Defendants steered away from juries, lawyer says
By Dan HornEnquirer staff writer
Poor defendants in Hamilton County suffer unnecessarily harsh punishments because the Public Defender's Office fails to seek jury trials in many criminal cases, a federal lawsuit claimed Wednesday.

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