Federal public defender
The Federal public defender (FPD) is a US federal agency .
Organization and task
The Federal public defender reports to the United States Department of Justice . The organization has its own local department for each judicial district, headed by a chief federal public defender . He is appointed for a term of four years by the locally competent United States Court of Appeals . There are 81 local offices operating in 91 of the 94 judicial districts, serving 3,100 lawyers and their auxiliaries.
The Authority shall provide public defenders in criminal cases when it comes to offense goes, because those charges before a federal court may be imposed, and in the appeals process and if the accused or defendant can not afford a defense lawyer. This defendant or accused claim is based on the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution , which provides legal counsel in court .
Web links
- FPD for Arizona
- FPD for Massachusetts , Rhode Island and New Hampshire
- FPD for Oregon
- FPD for southern Florida
- FPD for Northern California
- United States Courts: Defender services
- Case Weights for Federal Defender Organizations
Individual evidence
- ↑ United States Courts: Defender services .