Another report calls for right to counsel in fees/fines cases
10/10/2018
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Alabama
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Report
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A report from Alabama Appleseed urges the state to provide access to counsel through post-conviction period during which indigent defendants continue to owe court debt (such as ability-to-pay hearings) or any time person faces jail. The latter echoes the recently-adopted ABA Resolution 114.
