1.   And it scrapped the federal program supporting skilled defense attorneys for indigent defendants.

2.   And when it comes to providing lawyers for indigent criminal defendants, it is one of the most backward states in the Union.

3.   And they questioned what powers and resources the state would give to a newly-created office designed to insure that indigent defendants receive adequate representation in capital cases.

4.   Another change would specify that lawyers appointed to represent indigent defendants in capital cases have significant training or experience in such cases.

5.   As a lawyer, he represented indigent defendants, taking two appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court and winning both.

6.   As a practicing attorney, he founded an indigent defendant program.

7.   As in his federal trial in Denver, Nichols is considered an indigent defendant, unable to pay for his own defense.

8.   Because Ferguson is an indigent defendant, the court is also paying his other legal expenses.

9.   A state agency in California provides appellate lawyers for indigent defendants and requires the lawyers to meet specific standards in preparing their cases.

10.   But in New York City, there is some basic legal work an indigent defendant cannot expect.