Sentence examples for the problem of indigent from inspiring English sources

The Foundation has helped a wide range of institutions and causes, from universities to civil rights groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the Southern Poverty Law Center, both of which received grants to combat the problem of indigent defendants being detained because they cannot afford to pay court fines.

The problem of inadequate counsel permeates the system, with many indigent defendants sentenced to death after major blunders by court-assigned lawyers.

Meanwhile, as historian Robert Dallek has written, although Medicare and Medicaid did not solve the problem of care at reasonable cost for all Americans, "the benefits to the elderly and the indigent … are indisputable".

As the historian Robert Dallek has written, Medicare and Medicaid, the similar program for the very poor, "...did not solve the problem of care at reasonable cost for all Americans", but "the benefits to the elderly and the indigent...are indisputable".

Instead it has made Mr. Barber an emblem of the problems of the state's ramshackle system of providing lawyers for indigent defendants.

Now they say they do not know how they will resolve the growing problem of defending the indigent in New York, where appointed lawyers are paid the second-lowest rate in the nation: $40 an hour for courtroom work and $25 an hour out of court.

Realistically, Mr. Tribe cannot be expected to solve all the financial and other problems impeding the delivery of indigent legal services.

His short stories excel in subtly portraying everyday conflicts in the lives of indigent Jews.

And he has supported two lawsuits, in New York and Washington, challenging the adequacy of indigent criminal defense.

Mr. Ellis also plans to introduce legislation improving the quality of indigent defense in capital cases.

Implications for the processing of indigent criminal defendants with mental illness are presented.