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Does Underfunding Public Defenders Violate the Sixth Amendment?

Constitutional Law · Sixth Amendment · Fourteenth Amendment · Right to Counsel · Due Process

Does Underfunding Public Defenders Violate the Sixth Amendment?

Every indigent defendant is guaranteed a lawyer—but chronic underfunding, crushing caseloads, and thin resources raise a harder question: is the Sixth Amendment's promise of counsel being kept in name only?

By Camrynn Manento · Aug 9