Wisconsin State Public Defenders: On the eve of Public Defense Day, Senate inaction leaves Wisconsin’s constitutional promise underfunded and under-resourced

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin will mark the anniversary of the landmark Gideon v. Wainwright decision this Wednesday with a failure to approve new resources for public defenders. Lawmakers cut short a lifeline for Wisconsin's overburdened public defense system when the bipartisan Justice for All Act (AB 514/SB 546) was excluded from the calendar for the Senate's final floor period of the legislat...