#protectYOURrights #fundpublicdefense

Proud of L.A. County Public Defenders Union for always fighting for our system-impacted communities! #fundpublicdefense #PublicDefenseDay ⚖️

#NationalPublicDefenseDay #GideonsPromise #FundPublicDefense

Today is National Public Defender Day! Shoutout to all of us who help represent society’s most vulnerable! Attorneys, paralegals, investigators, clerical support. Here’s to the only state/county service mandated by the Constitution! Brendon Woods #fundpublicdefense #gideon

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If California values justice for all, not justice for the rich, the state needs to #FundPublicDefense and retain the $50 million in the budget for the public defense pilot program.

All of THIS! #fundpublicdefense

📢 Milwaukee #FundPublicDefense

I asked for a 15% merit increase for my asst #publicdefender in the last budget cycle. DENIED. Yesterday the State's Attorney got approved to increase his asst #prosecutor entry-level starting salary to 10% more than what my 10+ yr exp PD makes. #fundpublicdefense #payparityNOW

Pennsylvania is the ONLY state in the country that provides no state funding for public defenders. Specifically, Allegheny County says that paying some of the best lawyers in the country $45k is the best they will do. #FundPublicDefense

I took a cute selfie bc photos get more engagement on Twitter so I can tell more ppl:

About 50% of us have had a loved one incarcerated

1/3 of us has had a loved one rep'd by a PUBLIC DEFENDER

#FUNDPUBLICDEFENSE

I have the utmost respect and admiration for my colleagues and the work they do in the adult criminal units at my office. I care deeply about improving as a child advocate attorney for any youth in Philly experiencing foster care. HEY PHILLY - #FundPublicDefense #StandUpUAW

Did you know that in CA, DAs receive $1 bill MORE than public defenders? We're in Sacramento today, urging #CALeg to maintain the Public Defense Pilot Grant. The work to undo the devastation of racist, tough on crime policies and reunite families has just begun #FundPublicDefense

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“I am a Public Defender because there are more than a few bad apples.” –Cliff Dorsey

#fundpublicdefense #unionstrong #indigentdefense #gideonsday #gideonvwainwright

Bipartisan support in the senate and 15-1 out of committee in the house! #FundPublicDefense

🗣🗣🗣 “[S]upportive, restorative resources, such as well-funded public defenders, are more effective at preventing harm than police and prosecutors will ever be in responding to it.”

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Thousands of Californians have been unjustly sentenced and face years or decades of incarceration or even deportation. Without legal representation, they have little recourse. #FundPublicDefense #PublicDefenders #Defenders

Straight from the package, not even washed yet. Love it! Thank you, Emily Galvin-Almanza & Turn90 #empowerpublicdefense #fundpublicdefense

This is not some lofty ideal - we’re talking about a constitutional right to protect against the state taking away a human’s liberty!

Public defender clients deserve to be represented by attorneys that are not overburdened by excessive caseloads. #FundPublicDefense