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'On Her Own' For Legal Fees, Monica Conyers Declared Indigent

Justin Elliott | March 16, 2010, 5:33PM

Monica Conyers and Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)

With former Detroit City Council president Monica Conyers appealing the three-year sentence she received last week after pleading guilty to bribery charges, a federal judge today appointed a public defender to represent Conyers, whom he declared indigent.

A statement from a court spokesman suggests that Monica Conyers' husband, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), is not willing to pitch in for legal fees.

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