THE TRUTH: Justice Not Served through MS Public Defenders
If you're poor, get in legal trouble in Mississippi and need a public defender, you may be out of luck. It's one of a handful of states without a state wide system of public defenders. The result is innocent people end up in prison or spend years in jail waiting to go to trial.
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