Ex-Okla. Indigent Defense Leader On Justice Reform Victories

By Brandon Lowrey ( August 4, 2025, 2:59 PM EDT) -- Charles "Tim" Laughlin spent 28 years working for the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, taking the reins as executive director in 2021 before retiring and going into private practice this year. Despite Oklahoma's deeply conservative political climate and high incarceration statistics, he managed to secure more funding for the public defense system and win support for policies to help low-income criminal defendants....

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