ACLU, Idaho

‘Headed for a disaster:’ ACLU asks Idaho Supreme Court to order public defense system reform
Alleging Idaho’s long-critiqued public defense system has worsened despite the state’s reform effort, the ACLU of Idaho asked the Idaho Supreme Court to intervene. Following the ACLU of Idaho’s 2015 lawsuit that alleged Idaho’s public defense system violated low-income people’s right to counsel guaranteed under the Sixth Amendment of the U.
Idaho Supreme Court must intervene in ‘disastrous’ public defense reform, ACLU says
The organization alleges that some people have been held in jail for weeks or months without meeting with state-assigned defense attorneys.
ACLU of Idaho says new public defense system is still unconstitutional
The ACLU of Idaho said the state’s new public defense system is leaving hundreds, if not thousands, of indigent defendants without lawyers, violating their constitutional rights.
ACLU files emergency motion with Idaho Supreme Court amid public defender shortage
The ACLU of Idaho is seeking the release of defendants lacking legal representation amid turmoil in the state’s public defense system.
ACLU files emergency motion with Idaho Supreme Court over public defense reform
Idaho’s new public defense system is “headed for a disaster” unless the Idaho Supreme Court intervenes, the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho said in new court filings.
ACLU files emergency motion against new public defense system
The ACLU of Idaho filed an emergency motion against the state on Dec. 23 arguing the newest public defense system is failing. The motion filed in Tucker v Idaho in the Idaho Supreme Court is part of ongoing litigation over Idaho’s public defense system.
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