Missouri's Governor Wouldn't Fund Public Defenders—So He's Been Ordered to Serve as One Himself
The state's top public defender invoked a seldom-used provision to compel his political foe to come to the aid of an indigent defendant.
Hasnain says:
Sickest burn in quite a while, in response to Gov. Nixon slashing the public defender budgets.
"Therefore, pursuant to Section 600.042.5 and as Director of the Missouri State Public Defender System tasked with carrying out the State’s obligation to ensure that poor people who face incarceration are afforded competent counsel in their defense, I hereby appoint you, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Bar No. 29603, to enter your appearance as counsel of record in the attached case."
Posted on 2016-08-04T15:37:47+0000