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LITTLE ROCK -- A Little Rock teenager who told police a home intruder shot his 12-year-old sister in the head has accepted a five-year prison sentence for wounding the girl himself.
A Little Rock teenager who told police a home intruder shot his 12-year-old sister in the head has accepted a five-year prison sentence for wounding the girl himself.
An overhaul of Arkansas' parole system is expected by some defense attorneys to lead to more criminal cases going to trial, an outcome that would increase workloads for court-appointed attorneys already managing caseloads above national standards.
A limit on state hiring enacted by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders last month has kept public defenders across Arkansas from filling vacancies, straining attorneys already managing caseloads above national standards.
For the past 45 years, the best place to find Bill Simpson has been either the courtroom or the baseball field. In court, he was the chief public defender for the 6th Judicial District of Perry and Pulaski counties, serving that office for 48 years and leading it for 42.