Commission on Indigent Defense Services

On behalf of the Commissioners who serve on North Carolina’s Indigent Defense Services Commission, I would like to thank the attorneys, their staff, private investigators, mitigation specialists, and expert witnesses who provide services to individuals who are unable to afford quality representation and assistance when they are subject to legal proceedings within our judicial system. As citizens of both North Carolina and the United States, we have a moral and legal obligation to provide assistance to individuals faced with legal problems that are being prosecuted or enforced by governmental agencies who are equipped with the necessary tools they need to perform their duties. Quality and effective legal representation for these individuals is one of the best ways we can level the playing ground in our judicial system so that we truly maintain the aspiration that justice should be blind, impartial and fair.  

If you are one of the many who provide services within Indigent Defense Services of North Carolina, I commend and thank you for your service.

Darrin D. Jordan, Chair, IDS Commission