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Brief • August 18, 2016
Walker v. City of Calhoun, GA, Brief of Amicus Curiae, Indigent Arrestee Bail Debtors Prison, 2016 Case: 16-10521 Date Filed: 08/18/2016 No. 16-10521-HH Page: 1 of 34 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _________________ MAURICE WALKER, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee …
Article • August 10, 2016
Georgia Law Giving More Power and Secrecy to Private Probation Companies Vetoed by David Reutter Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a bill that would have expanded the powers of private probation companies and shrouded their activities in secrecy. House Bill 837 was introduced shortly after lawsuits were filed in Richmond …
Publication • August 9, 2016
State of Injustice - How New York State Turns its Back on the Right to Counsel for the Poor, NYCLU, 2014 STATE OF INJUSTICE: How New York State Turns its Back on the Right to Counsel for the Poor “The amount of money someone makes should not determine how justice …
Publication • August 9, 2016
The Poor Get Prison - The Alarming Spread of the Criminalization of Poverty, Dolan and Carr, 2015 THE POOR GET PRISON The Alarming Spread of the Criminalization of Poverty by Karen Dolan with Jodi L. Carr Lead Author: Karen Dolan is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and …
Article • August 5, 2016
Indefinite Pre-incident Detention of Indigents by Mississippi Challenged in Class Action Law Suit by David Reutter A class action challenging the indefinite jailing of persons in a Mississippi’s Scott County Detention Center without indictment or representation by counsel was filed on September 23, 2014. The lead plaintiffs are indigents who …
Article • August 4, 2016
State Indigent Legal Costs Hold Steady at $2.3 billion in Past Year by Derek Gilna State-paid expenditures for indigent defendants’ legal fees held steady in fiscal year 2012, the last year for which statistics are available.  In 2012, according to the newest report by the Bureau of Justice (BJS) statistics, …
Article • August 4, 2016
States Still Using Unconstitutional Debtors Prisons to Jail the Poor by Joe Watson The landmark 1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision Bearden v. Georgia reaffirmed the outlaw of so-called "debtors prisons"—the practice of incarcerating indigent people for being unable to pay off their debts—and requires that judges consider whether defendants are …
Publication • August 3, 2016
NYC Know Your Rights Project - An Innovative Pro Bono Response to the Lack of Counsel for Indigent Immigrant Detainees, City Bar Justice Center, 2009 NYC Know Your Rights Project An Innovative Pro Bono Response to the Lack of Counsel for Indigent Immigrant Detainees City Bar Justice Center 42 West …
Criminal Defendants Shortchanged by Justice System that Favors Prosecutors by Derek Gilna Since the landmark Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright in 1963, criminal defendants who face incarceration have been guaranteed representation by an attorney if they cannot afford one. Gideon spurred most states and the federal government to …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Prison Policy Initiative Report Says Money Bail System Keeps Poor in Jail by Derek Gilna Of the more than 2.3 million people locked up in the United States at any given time, around 646,000 are held in county jails. Of that population, seven in ten are pretrial detainees who have …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
The Mirage of Justice by by Chris Hedges, Truthdig If you are poor, you will almost never go to trial – instead you will be forced to accept a plea deal offered by government prosecutors. If you are poor, the word of the police, who are not averse to fabricating or …
Publication • August 1, 2016
Justice Denied - America’s Continuing Neglect of Our Constitutional Right to Counsel, NRCC, 2009 Justice Denied America’s Continuing Neglect of Our Constitutional Right to Counsel Report of the National Right to Counsel Committee Justice Denied America’s Continuing Neglect of Our Constitutional Right to Counsel Report of the National Right to …
Article • July 29, 2016
Nebraska Petitioner Seek Name Change Cannot Proceed In Forma Pauperis by The Nebraska Court of Appeals held a petitioner seeking a name change may not proceed in forma pauperis. Nebraska prisoner Douglas David Pattengall filed a petition for mane change, seeking to “cast off the last vestiges of Christianity and …
Publication • July 29, 2016
In Defense of Public Access to Justice – Trial-Level Indigent Defense in LA, NLADA, 2004 IN DEFENSE OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO JUSTICE AN ASSESSMENT OF TRIAL-LEVEL INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES IN LOUISIANA 40 YEARS AFTER GIDEON March 2004 Researched & Written by: The National Legal Aid & Defender Association 1140 Connecticut …
Publication • July 29, 2016
A Race to the Bottom – Trial-Level Indigent Defense System in MI, NLADA, 2008 Speed & Savings Over Due Process: A Constitutional Crisis June 2008 EVALUATION A Race to the Bottom TRIAL-LEVEL INDIGENT DEFENSE SYSTEMS IN MICHIGAN - Evaluation of Trial-Level Indigent Defense Systems in Michigan is a publication of …
Publication • July 12, 2016
Federal Indigent Defense 2015 - The Independence Imperative, NACDL, 2015 FEDERAL INDIGENT DEFENSE 2015: THE INDEPENDENCE IMPERATIVE A Report by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers PUBLIC LAW 88-455 AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE BY PROVIDING FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF DEFENDANTS WHO ARE FINANCIALLY UNABLE …
Pennsylvania: Woman Dies in Jail While Serving Sentence for Truancy Fines and Court Costs by Christopher Zoukis A 55-year-old mother of seven died in a Pennsylvania jail cell on June 7, 2014 while serving a 48-hour sentence for failure to pay truancy fines and court costs that totaled about $2,000. …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Dekalb County Settles Lawsuit, Ends Debtors’ Prisons by Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union reached a settlement that will end debtors’ prisons in Dekalb County, Georgia. The settlement is the latest in a string of lawsuits challenging contracts involving for-profit probation company Judicial Correction Services (JCS). [See: PLN, Jan. …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Georgia: Federal Court Finds Bond System Unfair to Indigent Defendants, Enters Injunction by Derek Gilna Maurice Walker, 54, was arrested in the City of Calhoun, Georgia for public intoxication in September 2015, and told that if he posted a $160 bond he could go free until his first court date. …
Article • July 1, 2016
If You're Poor, Justice in America Doesn't Look the Same by Being poor has become a crime. And this makes mass incarceration the most pressing civil rights issue of our era. By Chris Hedges / Truthdig If you are poor, you will almost never go to trial—instead you will be forced to accept …
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