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ACLU Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Utah Over Your Right to a Lawyer

A class action lawsuit has been leveled against Utah, accusing the state of not doing enough to provide people with attorneys who cannot afford them in court. Six men are suing the state for failing to provide them with adequate legal representation, assisted by the ACLU of Utah and the firm Holland & Hart. Under the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, you have a right to …


Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Utah for ‘Failing’ Public Defense System

The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the state of Utah for what it says is a failed public defense system that deprives indigent defendants of their Sixth Amendment right. The class action lawsuit, filed Tuesday, June 21, along with the law firm Holland & Hart, LLP, comes after a state-commissioned report by the Sixth Amendment Center that criticized Utah’s public …