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public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was provided have created a need for more lawyers to represent the indigent. Proponents of the public defender office claim that it is the most efficient and effective method of protecting the indigent. Other systems include court-appointed counsel from the local bar, clinics operated by law schools, and legal aid societies. The societies are privately funded and offer civil and criminal representation.

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No references found			ISLAMABAD, October 30, 2009 (Frontier Star): President Asif Ali Zardari has re-imposed Public Defender and Free Legal Aid Ordinance 2009. President re-imposes Public Defence and Free Legal Aid Ordinance 2009 by The Frontier Star (Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan) The five regional law offices were created by the 2007 Legislature supposedly as a cheaper way to handle multi-defendant criminal cases when the public defender has a conflict--rather than farming them out to a registry of private lawyers in each circuit. The counties are off the hook for housing conflict counsels: first ... by Killian, Mark D. / Florida Bar News She informed that Committee would present this Public Defender and Legal Aid Office Bill 2009, in the next session of Parliament on August 3. Govt to provide legal aid to indigent persons by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)			puberulent puberulic acid pubes pubescent pubic pubic arch pubic crest pubic directory pubic height Pubic Symphysis pubis public public address system Public and Social Organizations public area Public Authority public bar public broadcasting public cloud public communications service public conveniences public correspondence public corridor public data public data network public defender Public Defense Counsel public domain public domain software Public Economic Analysis Bureau Public Education public enemy public file Public Finance public garage Public Garden public hall Public Health public health dentistry Public Health Epidemiologic Service Public Health Epidemiologic Station Public Health Legislation Public Health Movements Public Health Protection Zone Public Health Station public house public housing public Internet public key public key cryptography Public Key Infrastructure			public corridor Public credit public data Public Data Network Public Data Network Public Data Network Billing System Public Data Network Operator Public Data Release Public database Public database Public database Public database Public database public debate Public Debate Steering Board public debt public debt public debt public debt public debt Public Debt Management Public Debt Management Office Public Debts Public Debts Public Debts Public debut Public debut Public debut public declaration Public Defence Solicitors' Office public defender Public Defender Agency Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia Public defender will not return calls Public defenders Public defenders Public defenders Public Defenders Office Public Defense Counsel Public Deposit Protection Commission Public Development Authority Public Dialup Internet Access List Public diplomacy Public diplomacy Public Diplomacy Challenge Fund Public Diplomacy Officer Public Diplomacy Policy Department Public Diplomacy Press Review public disclosure Public Disclosure Act Public Disclosure Commission Public Disclosure Law Public disclosure of private information Public disclosure of private information Public disclosure of private information Public Disclosure Officer Public Disclosure Request Public Disclosure System Public Discourse Project public discussion

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