TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on Jul 29, 2016

Members of the Supreme Court's Indigent Representation Task Force today heard from a full slate of speakers during the listening session at the Nashville School of Law. TBA Executive Director Allan Ramsaur led off the session, presenting solid data on the needs for additional resources for indigent representation and urging the task force to set its sights high and not just settle for piecemeal solutions. Ramsaur outlined a proposal the TBA – along with the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the State District Defenders Conference and the Post Conviction Defender – put forth in 2004 that would have created the Tennessee Indigent Representation System (TIRS). “We do think the TIRS proposal … offers the best hope for a sustained effort to be adequate, effective, comprehensive and accountable and practical, leading to a solution of which we can be proud.” The commission also heard from 13 other speakers and a presentation from the Administrative Office of the Courts. The final stop on the Task Force’s listening tour will be Aug. 11 in Franklin.

 

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