indigent
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When the center was founded in 1971, it mainly did legal work for clients who were indigent or had civil-liberties complaints.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
His 2001 land reform program redistributed government-owned and private land to indigent residents willing to cultivate it.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
Dueñas, a 2019 ruling from the state’s appellate division that found imposing mandatory fines on indigent people ran afoul of the 8th Amendment, which prohibits excessive fines along with cruel and unusual punishment.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025
To avoid paying the SEC judgments, prosecutors say, Bilzerian falsely represented that he was indigent.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
Approximately 80 percent of criminal defendants are indigent and thus unable to hire a lawyer.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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