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An attorney appointed by a court or employed by the government to represent indigent defendants in criminal actions. Cross-referencespublic defender n. an elected or appointed public official (usually of a county), who is an attorney regularly assigned by the courts to defend people accused of crimes who cannot afford a private attorney. In larger counties the public defender has a large case load, numerous deputy public defenders and office staff. In each Federal Judicial District there is also a federal public defender, and some states have a state public defender to supervise the provision of attorneys to convicted indigents for appeals. |
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Biondi serves on the Los Angeles County Commission for Children and Families, Peters is assistant public defender for Los Angeles County and Rochart is executive director of New Horizons Family Center in Glendale. Smith's attorney, Deputy Public Defender Ralf Jacobsen, said he hadn't reviewed the case yet and that it was premature to comment. TORONTO -- The Ontario government's commitment to change the province's current legal aid program to a public defender system, similar to what exists in many states in the USA, has been condemned by the Law Society of Upper Canada as establishing a two-tier justice system--one for the rich and one for the poor. |
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