Survivors in contested boarding school case face bill defeat
A fragmented OCR text notes a legislative battle over boardings schools with survivors and a controversial bill tied to legal actions. Ambiguous phrases reference legal terms and a clash with official bodies. The readable elements indicate a pushback against changes affecting survivors and institutions involved.
Thousands of misdemeanor defendants go without attorneys
A Lee Enterprises investigation finds many misdemeanor defendants in Texas North Dakota Arizona and likely Oklahoma receive no public defender at initial appearances. Cases show defendants pleading guilty to avoid jail and warn that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel is at risk. Data indicate hundreds of thousands of unrepresented cases across the West from 2019 to 2021.
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Emily Hamer
LEE Enterprises
Quentin Navarro
Texas
Wharton County
Navarro
West
North Dakota
Arizona
Oklahoma
Colorado
South Dakota
Utah
America
Jon Mosher
Sixth Amendment Center
North
Dakota
North Dakota Supreme Court
Jeff Stillwell
Texas Office of Court Administration
Public defense in the West faces failure and crisis
Across the West series exposes crushing caseloads and historic underfunding in public defense. Defendants lose jobs and homes, plead guilty under pressure, and miss exonerating evidence as over 100000 misdemeanors yearly end with jail time without a lawyer. Lee Enterprises and local reporters attended hearings and spoke with defendants, attorneys, and experts to reveal systemic breakdown.
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West
Lee Enterprises
West Region
Public Service
Samuel Reynolds of Butte Miner Sheriff Dies in 1901
Samuel Reynolds born 1850 in Cornwall England died August 5 1901 at 7 West Pacific Street Centerville Montana. A miner turned lawman he served as undersheriff to John Lloyd and sheriff of Silver Bow County in 1892 and 1894 then as penitentiary warden before returning to mining for Boston Montana Co. He led militia units in Virginia City and Butte and belonged to multiple fraternal orders. His funeral at midnight followed Scottish Rite Freemasonry rites with body lying in state at St George Hall and a procession to Mount Moriah Cemetery.
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Centerville
Cornwall
England
William
Canada
Samuel
Upper Michigan
Nevada
Butte
Lexington
John E. Lloyd
Silver Bow
Samuel Reynolds
Lloyd
Reynolds
Deer Lodge
Boston & Montana Co
Captain Reynolds
Washington Guards
Virginia City
Union Guards
The
Masons, Odd Fellows
the Sons of St. George
the Foresters
Elks
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Freemasonry
St. George Hall
Mount Moriah
J. Reynolds
Memphis pastor urges calm after Nichols beating video
In Memphis the pastor at Tyre Nichols family church urged peace after the release of body cam video showing Nichols beaten by Memphis police. Protests nationwide stirred earlier but have remained scattered and nonviolent in Memphis New York Los Angeles and Portland as communities seek calm. The full page coverage notes lingering tensions and calls for restraint amid ongoing demonstrations across major cities.
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Memphis
Praying For
P.D
Memphis, Tenn
Tyre Nichols
Nichols
New York City
Los Angeles
Portland
Oregon
Gerald Herbert
Associated Press
Tenn
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