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In the United States, a public defender is a lawyer appointed by the courts and provided by the state or federal governments to represent and advise those charged with a crime or crimes who cannot afford to hire a private attorney. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Public defenders are full-time attorneys employed by the state or federal governments. [ 1]
The chief federal public defender is appointed to a four-year term by the United States courts of appeals of the circuit in which the defender organization is located. The United States Congress placed this appointment authority in the United States courts of appeals rather than with the United States district court in order to insulate federal public defenders from the involvement of the ...
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1969 (age 54–55) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Education. Chaminade University of Honolulu ( BA) University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ( JD) Shanlyn Alohakeao Souza Park (born 1969) [1] is an American lawyer from Hawaii who has served as a judge of the Hawaii First Circuit Court since 2021. She is the designate to serve as a United States district judge ...
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Circuit Counties District Attorney 1 Choctaw, Clarke, Washington: Stephen K. Winters (R) 2 Butler, Crenshaw, Lowndes: Charlotte M. Tesmer (D) 3 Barbour, Bullock: Ben ...
By Sarah N. Lynch and Richard Cowan. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal public defenders system could need to cut as many as 500 from its staff charged with protecting the rights of poor ...
The Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement (DLE) is a department within the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Hawaii.The department, which commenced operations on January 1, 2024, was created to merge several previously separate law enforcement functions among the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety into a single ...