Pro Se – Defender Research Library

Gideon’s Promise (2005)

Gideon’s Promise (2005)

Mark Hansen
ABA Journal
2005 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
The ABA's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants met in 1983 for a public hearing.

When the Cheering (for Gideon) Stops: The Defense Bar and Representation at Initial Bail Hearings (2012)

When the Cheering (for Gideon) Stops: The Defense Bar and Representation at Initial Bail Hearings (2012)

Douglas L. Colbert
The Champion
2012 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
This article argues that zealous representation at initial bail hearings is crucial.

Shrinking Gideon and Expanding Alternatives to Lawyers (2013)

Shrinking Gideon and Expanding Alternatives to Lawyers (2013)

S. Bibas
Washington and Lee Law Review
2013 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
This article offers a voice of dissent against the scholarly consensus that the failings of Gideon should be rectified.

South Carolina Indigent Defense Services on Post-Conviction Relief (1989)

South Carolina Indigent Defense Services on Post-Conviction Relief (1989)

Vance L. Cowden
South Carolina Law Institute
1989 -- South Carolina
Study evaluates the South Carolina post-conviction relief (PCR) system for indigent criminal defendants.

Status of Indigent Defense in Georgia: A Study for the Chief Justice’s Commission on Indigent Defense, Part II: Analysis of Implementing Alabama v. Shelton in Georgia (2003)

Status of Indigent Defense in Georgia: A Study for the Chief Justice’s Commission on Indigent Defense, Part II: Analysis of Implementing Alabama v. Shelton in Georgia (2003)

Marea Beeman , Robert L. Spangenberg , Jennifer Riggs , Rangita de Silva-de Alwis
Spangenberg Group
2003 -- Georgia
The Spangenberg Group’s review of the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Alabama v. Shelton.

Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases (2000)

Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases (2000)

Caroline Wolf Harlow
DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
2000 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report assesses types of counsel used by defendants and inmates.

Feasibility Study for a Regional Defender System in Southeastern Kentucky (1979)

Feasibility Study for a Regional Defender System in Southeastern Kentucky (1979)

Shelvin Singer , Nancy Albert-Goldberg , James Hedegard
American University (AU) , DOJ Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
1979 -- Kentucky
Evaluates the feasibility of establishing a regional defender system in southeastern Kentucky.