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Jan 31, 2017
Door of Orleans Parish Public Defenders Office
  • Criminal Law Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Yarls v. Bunton (Orleans Public Defenders)

The ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project and the ACLU of Louisiana filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of criminal defendants in Orleans Parish who are unable to afford an attorney. The suit attacks Louisiana’s chronic underfunding of its public defender system.