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Why South Georgia may be the worst place to be poor and charged with a federal crime
Georgia Today
English - November 19, 2021 19:04 - 20 minutes - 27.6 MBHealth & Fitness News Politics news politics health science media journalism georgia gpb npr atlanta Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Georgia’s Southern Judicial District has been called the worst place in America to be poor and charged with a federal crime. The district lacks a full-time federal public defender's office, which advocates say leads to inadequate representation for indigent criminal defenders.