Defender System: State and Canada Use

defender system: And within those two countries, there are even more discrepancies from state to state and province to province, according to NOW Magazine. Most states rely on some form of the public defender system. State funding of legal services differs significantly between the US and Canada. Lawyers, who are usually employees of the state, are tasked with taking on criminal cases to which they have been appointed. In contrast, most provinces in Canada use some form of a legal aid certificate program. In most cases, accused individuals who are represented by a public defender are unable to choose who will represent them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.