A $10 million investment is a bold first step, but Pa.’s public defenders need more

Pennsylvania is the only state that currently does not provide a single dollar of state funding for criminal defense services for people who cannot afford to pay for their own lawyer.

Keisha Hudson, chief defender, shown here in her office at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, Thursday, May 5, 2022.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer

by Keisha Hudson, For The Inquirer

Published March 30, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET