O'Nealis right, with looming cuts in state funding, public defense resourcing is threatened across California. Cutting our funding will place already system impacted people in even further dismay! #fundpublicdefense LA County Public Defender's Office

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Nationwide, public defenders are struggling with excessive workloads. The LA County Public Defenders Union is advocating for additional funding and resources in order to provide the services our clients need and deserve! #GideonDay #PublicDefenseDay #Gideon60th #FundPublicDefense

What’s the biggest challenge facing public defenders in LA? It’s no secret. We are dealing with a huge workload crisis.

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Right now, there are nearly 2 million people locked in cages throughout the US. If public defenders were properly funded that number would be drastically reduced. People would be connected to jobs, housing & programs. And our communities would be safer. #FundPublicDefense

The biggest challenge facing our clients? That basically the entire system is against them! #FundPublicDefense #PublicDefenseDay #GideonDay

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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Disappointing. There is no debate. Public defenders across the state are grossly underfunded, and now California gives police a $267 million windfall to make even more arrests. #fundpublicdefense .

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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

If you don't properly fund public defense, you're complicit in mass incarceration.
If you don't properly fund public defense, you're complicit in mass incarceration.
If you don't properly fund public defense, you're complicit in mass incarceration.
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Happy Kansas Public Defender Day! (And Happy Gideon Day!). Thank you to all our dedicated public defenders and public defense staff for their hard work and dedication to our clients and their Sixth Amendment rights! #FundPublicDefense

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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

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