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Ted Lieu: Congress should act, not only to encourage adequate funding for State defendant systems, but also should look at an…

On the recordMarch 25, 2021
Congress should act, not only to encourage adequate funding for State defendant systems, but also should look at an independent and adequately funded federal defender system.
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California

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Ted Lieu emphasizes the need for funding legal defense systems to prevent wrongful guilty pleas.

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