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The Office of Indigent Services (IDS), headquartered in Durham, oversees and supports this work throughout North Carolina. Among other work, IDS helps to fund and train public defenders.
Brentley Yancey is charged with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree burglary, and conspiracy to commit murder in the disappearance of Shawn Burton. Burton has not turned up. Nor has his body.
In North Carolina, this group of jurists fills in key gaps — without the pressure of having to run for office.