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Indigent Defense: Surveys of Grant Recipients, Select Tribes, and Indigent Defense Providers

GAO-12-661SP Published: May 30, 2012. Publicly Released: May 30, 2012.
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This is an e-supplement to GAO-12-569. It presents the results of surveys GAO conducted of public defender offices and agencies and of recipients of federal funding that could be used for indigent defense, or legal representation provided, in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, to individuals who have been charged with a crime but are unable to afford legal representation.

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