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  • The Tube City Almanac: Two Rivers, 30 Minutes for 3-28-2025

    March 28, 2025

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  • PG Editorial: O'Connor audit shows, once again, that indigent defense is floundering in Allegheny County

    February 20, 2025

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  • WTAE: Audit details overwhelming caseloads for public defenders in Allegheny County

    February 14, 2025

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  • 90.5 WESA: Allegheny County public defense system needs major investments, says O'Connor audit

    February 14, 2025

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  • TribLive: O'Connor audit details how caseloads overwhelm Allegheny County public defenders

    February 14, 2025

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  • Press Release: Statement from ALIJ Executive Director Rob Perkins regarding the Controller’s audit of Allegheny County’s public defense delivery systems

    February 14, 2025

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  • ALI President Rob Perkins Featured on "Public Defenseless" Podcast by Hunter Parnell

    December 10, 2024

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  • PACDL's "For the Defense" Magazine: The Path Forward: Transforming Public Defense

    December 2024

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  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial: Funding public defenders is an investment in better, and cheaper, justice

    November 3, 2024

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  • TribLive: Robert Perkins and Wesley Caines: Holistic defense can change lives

    August 21, 2024

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  • PublicSource: Free the PD? Report urges Allegheny County to join move toward more independent public defenders.

    May 16, 2024

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  • WESA: New report: Allegheny County indigent defense system needs ‘fundamental overhaul’

    May 16, 2024

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  • TribLive Editorial: Who bears the responsibility for defending the poor?

    June 16, 2024

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  • WTEA: Pennsylvania ACLU sues for state funding of defense for indigent defendants

    June 13, 2024

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  • Public Source: A jail stay as a teen led me to advocacy, but incarceration leads many to ruin

    December 15, 2023

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  • TribLive: Rob Perkins: Our indigent defense system is (still) broken. Here's why that matters.

    December 13, 2023

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  • TribLive: Study identifies glaring racial disparities, recommends changes in Allegheny County's justice system

    December 12, 2023

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  • PG Editorial: Audit is an opportunity to overhaul Allegheny County indigent defense system

    December 8, 2023

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  • WESA: Allegheny County controller announces first audit of local indigent defense system

    December 5, 2023

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  • ALIJ Member Justin Romano Featured in Public Source: Probation forever? Court ruling clarifies that unpaid restitution shouldn’t mean unending supervision

    October 12, 2023

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  • Pittsburgh Post Gazette Editorial: Allegheny County needs to pay its court-appointed attorneys better

    June 1, 2023

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  • ALIJ Op-Ed Advocates Fair Compensation for Indigent Defense in Allegheny County

    January 7, 2023

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  • ALIJ Op-Ed Condemning the Use of the Death Penalty in Allegheny County

    May 26, 2022

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  • It's Official: ALIJ Introductory Press Release

    April 2022

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  • ALIJ Response to the DA's Public Comments About Judge Pappas

    March 4, 2022

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  • ALIJ Comments on Proposed Amendments to Local Bail Rules

    February 17, 2022

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  • Op-Ed: Comment on President Judge's Acknowledgement of Systematic Racism in the Courts

    November 15, 2021

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  • Op-Ed: ALIJ Members Speak Up About Inequities in the Criminal Justice System

    July 8, 2021

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  • Pittsburgh Post Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh needs coordinated approach to reduce racial disparities in criminal justice

    November 6, 2023

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