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Section 99-18-5 - Purpose of Capital Defense Counsel Division

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The Capital Defense Counsel Division is created within the Office of the State Public Defender for the purpose of providing representation to indigent parties under indictment for death penalty eligible offenses and to perform such other duties as set forth by law. Laws, 2000, ch. 569, § 21; Laws, 2011, ch. 343, § 3, eff. 7/1/2011.