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Justice Shortchanged: Assigned Counsel Compensation in Wisconsin

Justice Shortchanged: Assigned Counsel Compensation in Wisconsin

Sixth Amendment Center
Sixth Amendment Center
2015 -- Wisconsin
Report describes the financial constraints imposed on Wisconsin lawyers who represent poor people and identifies significant flaws in how the state attempts to uphold its obligations under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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.

Juvenile Defender Resource Guide (2011)

Juvenile Defender Resource Guide (2011)

E. Pelletier , C. McGregor , R. Griffin , S. Millier , V. Hernandez , Y. Ford
National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC)
2011 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
This report covers addresses every issue that could foreseeably arise through the representation of a juvenile defendant.

Seattle Indigent Public Defense Services (2007)

Seattle Indigent Public Defense Services (2007)

S. Cohen
Seattle Office of City Auditor
2007 -- Washington
City Councilmembers of Seattle requested an audit of the City's indigent public defense services program.

Report to the Nebraska Supreme Court on Indigent Defense Systems and Fee Structures (2006)

Report to the Nebraska Supreme Court on Indigent Defense Systems and Fee Structures (2006)

Nebraska Supreme Court
2006 -- Nebraska
In 2005, the Nebraska Supreme Court adopted a resolution that tasked the Minority and Justice Implementation Committee.

Study to Assess the Impacts of the Fair Defense Act on Texas Counties: Final Report (2005)

Study to Assess the Impacts of the Fair Defense Act on Texas Counties: Final Report (2005)

D. Carmichael , M. Voloudakis
Texas A&M University Public Policy Research Institute
2005 -- Texas
The Texas Fair Defense Act, implemented in 2002, set standards to improve the quality of indigent defense.

System Overload: The Costs of Under-Resourcing Public Defense (2011)

System Overload: The Costs of Under-Resourcing Public Defense (2011)

Justice Policy Institute.
2011 -- District of Columbia, Maryland, NATIONAL LEVEL, Rhode Island
This policy paper from the Justice Policy Institute links underfunded public defense systems to mass incarceration.
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