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Public Defender’s Office raises money for local homeless shelter

Fourth & Hope, Woodland’s only cold-weather shelter for the homeless, is the beneficiary of a recently concluded clothing drive organized by the Yolo County Public Defender’s Office. Everything collected was sold by the pound to California Clothing Recyclers and 100 percent of the proceeds went directly to the shelter, whose mission is to change lives […]

February 27, 2014 | Posted in Local News | Tagged ,

The importance of public defenders

In the landmark 1963 case of Gideon v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme Court interpreted the Constitution and held that a fundamental and essential prerequisite to a fair criminal justice system is the right to be defended by competent and effective lawyers. The court stated, “Reason and reflection require us to recognize that in our adversary […]

Yolo\’s \’sharps\’ disposal works

Special to The Enterprise \n Nearly two years into a state-funded grant project, Yolo County shows promising results from its pilot project to collect hypodermic needles and other “sharps” from local residents. The county received $213,000 from the state Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to establish a collection system for sharps and to […]

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