As a member of the Idaho Legislature’s Public Defense Reform Interim Committee, I am looking at ways to ensure that the State of Idaho does its constitutional duty with respect to representation of the indigent. A copy of the agenda is attached here. Meetings are open to public, and you are encouraged to attend.
“Let me start by saying thank you. I can not even begin to thank you for taking my problems and making them yours. Curt, I owe you more than just money for representing me. You have given me a second chance at life… I have you guys and God to thank for this whole outcome.[…]
“Just thought I’d drop you a line and say THANK You for helping me out and being at my parole hearing on June 16th…. It is smart to have an attorney at these hearings… Also your coaching was great … I have told other offenders to get lawyers for their parole hearings … ” Charles[…]
The Washington Post reports that a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled that privacy rights are not sacrificed to Twenty-First Century technology (link here)
Jackson McKenzie creates the world’s largest M&M mosaic
According to the National Research’s Council’s 464 page report, reported on by the Washington Post, April 30, 2014, (link here), the cost of the “war on drugs” in the United States — for families, communities, state budgets and society — has simply not been worth the benefit in deterrence and crime reduction.