Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term Board means the Board of Directors of the National Center for the Right to Counsel. The term Center means the National Center for the Right to Counsel established in this Act. The term indigent defendant means a defendant in a criminal case who is unable to afford a reasonable attorney’s fee in the case against such person. The term public defense services means legal assistance provided to an indigent defendant in a criminal case against such person. The term public defense system means a system that provides public defense services, and includes a system that is run by a State or local unit of government, and a system that is run by a private entity or individual that provides such services by reason of a contract with a State or local unit of government.
The term State means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.