indigent

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Clark, who now represents indigent clients on criminal appeals, looks back on the Schaeffer case and thinks about how dimly people, herself included, grasped the stalking phenomenon in 1989.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the Constitution prohibits the prosecution of indigent people who sleep in public places when there is no available shelter space.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2024

Peters died alone in his apartment in 2016 and received an indigent cremation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

“Most of those guys are indigent, the traffickers,” Gauen said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

Linton and Judge Willmore pressed him on whether he could be indigent if he just bought the Chevy Cavalier.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel