Report: Many Courts Fall Short in Ensuring Proper Defense for Poor

MIDC Executive Director Jonathan Sacks was recently interviewed by Rick Pluta of Michigan Radio about the survey report that the MIDC released recently.  The report found “big differences in how public defenders are retained, paid, and trained. Some courts don’t have private spaces for attorneys to meet with defendants.”

“Different counties and courts are all over the place in every single area,” said Jonathan Sacks with the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission.

Sacks says the shortcomings put a lot of indigent defendants at risk of unnecessary incarceration.

Read the summary of the interview on Michigan Radio’s website.