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Indigent Defense in Virginia: Practical and Empathic Motivations for Reform
In 1999 an estimated $1.2 billion was spent to provide indigent criminal defense in the nation's 100 most populous counties. This $1.2 billion represents an estimated 3% of all local criminal justice expenditures in these ...
Is This Justice? A Look at the Representation Afforded Poor Defendants in America
This paper will articulate the clear nexus between economic stratification and criminal representation. Part II will demonstrate the disparate effects of our system of punishment on the economically disadvantaged and the ...
Troubled Wake Behind a Pretty Boat: The Aftermath of Gideon v. Wainwright
The arguments for ensuring that all people, regardless of income level, receive effective assistance of counsel bear tremendous moral weight. The Supreme Court of the United State recognized as much in its historic ruling ...
The Death Penalty and Socioeconomic Equity
The case of Larry Osborne raises a number of issues central to the death penalty debate. One of the most glaring issues raised by this case is that of equity in the application of the death penalty. Is a defendant who ...
Apartheid Resurrected: How American Incarceration Policies Wage War On Poor African American Communities
Clearly, determinate sentencing policies which are disproportionate in their application, resulting in increased incarceration of a specific minority group, fail to fulfill the objectives of a fair and just criminal justice ...
Modeling Decision-Making Within the Georgia Justice Project: Demonstrating a Better Way to Support Individuals and Promote Innovative Change
The American criminal justice system is plagued with inequities. People of color and/or low socioeconomic status are at an extreme disadvantage when they are compelled to interact with the justice system. Over 90% of people ...