The Spangenberg Group: News

08/03/08	Two Missouri Publice Defender offices to stop taking new cases as of September 1, 2008.
08/03/08	The Alternatives to Incarceration Summit me in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
07/30/08	A new survey provides additional evidence that the Louisiana penal system requires better social services in order to lower recidivism rates.
07/27/08	Maine Courts seek cost cutting measures.
07/24/08	Georgia courts will wait at least 16 weeks before ruling on the constitutionality of the conflict office reorganization.
07/18/08	The Kaufman County Public Defenders Office received an award from the Texas Association of Counties.
07/16/08	Howard County announced that it will join the Texas Public Defender Task Force.
07/16/08	The Association of Minnesota Counties may file suit against the state government of Minnesota.
06/20/08	Georgia Public Defender Standards Council decides to keep 7 of 17 attorneys at the Metro Conflict Office.
06/20/08	Attorneys for Maine's indigent defendants will have to wait until FY09 to be paid.
06/18/08	Two Maryland attorneys are petitioning for the removal of any possibility that their client could face the death penalty due to abnormally low pay.
06/17/08	Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb proposes legislation to create a State Office of Indigent Defense.
06/16/08	Report on Michigan's Indigent Defense System released
06/16/08	The Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy files suit against the State Government
06/12/08	Pinellas-Pasco Public Defenders reach an agreement to continue taking cases.
06/11/08	Knox County, Tennessee seeks to cut costs by reducing representation for misdemeanors.
06/10/08	Georgia faces the potential closure of the Atlanta Metro Conflict Office.
06/06/08	Minnesota deficit leads to indigent defense losses
06/04/08	The South Carolina House of Representatives overrode all three of Governor Sanford's vetoes of indigent defense spending in FY2009.
06/04/08	Miami-Dade public defenders begin refusing certain felony cases.
05/29/08	Kentucky budget cuts led to an announcement that public defenders will stop representing some indigent clients charged with misdemeanors or facing involuntary psychiatric commitments.
05/12/08	New York's movement for Independent Public Defense Commission gains momentum.
06/28/06	New York State Chief Justice Kaye's report on the Future of Indigent Defense recommends major reforms statewide.
06/01/06	Texas establishes the first Mental Health Public Defender Office
06/01/06	Major Reform Legislation Passed in Massachusetts
02/06/06	New York Chief Justice Judith Kaye discusses the Future of Indigent Defense in New York State in her State of the Judiciary Report View the Webcast or Read the full State of the Judiciary Report
01/30/06	North Dakota Commission up and running
01/30/06	Update on the Missouri Bar Task Force
06/30/04	Massachusetts Assigned Counsel System Faces Systemic Challenge
05/01/04	The Spangenberg Group Works With the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense
04/10/04	The Spangenberg Group Releases Comprehensive Study of the Indigent Defense System in Virginia, Legislature Responds with Initial Reforms
03/05/04	New Statewide Indigent System in Georgia
02/12/03	Judge Orders Rate Hike for Assigned Counsel in New York City
10/01/01	New Oregon Public Defense Services Commission Goes into Effect
09/02/01	New York Group Proposes Legislation for Independent Public Defense Commission.
08/28/01	President-Elect of the Vermont State Bar Appointed Defender General
08/17/01	Vermont Defender General Robert Appel Not Re-Appointed to Post: Underscores the Value of Indigent Defense Commission Model and Need for Independence of the Defense Function.
08/16/01	Coweta County, Georgia Indigent Defense System Subject of Lawsuit.
06/29/01	Virginia Supreme Court Issues Guidelines on Payment for Court-Appointed, Capital Defense Lawyers