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Languages : en
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Bureau of Justice Bulletin, Indigent Defense Services in Large Counties, 1999, November 2000
Author: Indigent Defense Services in Large Counties
Author: Carol J. DeFrancesPublisher:
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Indigent Defense Services in Large Counties
Author: Carol J. DeFrancesPublisher:
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Category : Legal assistance to the poor
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Ordinary Injustice
Author: Amy BachPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429984279
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
"A groundbreaking book . . . revealing the systemic, everyday problems in our courts that must be addressed if justice is truly to be served."—Doris Kearns Goodwin Attorney and journalist Amy Bach spent eight years investigating the widespread courtroom failures that each day upend lives across America. What she found was an assembly-line approach to justice: a system that rewards mediocre advocacy, bypasses due process, and shortchanges both defendants and victims to keep the court calendar moving. Here is the public defender who pleads most of his clients guilty with scant knowledge about their circumstances; the judge who sets outrageous bail for negligible crimes; the prosecutor who habitually declines to pursue significant cases; the court that works together to achieve a wrongful conviction. Going beyond the usual explanations of bad apples and meager funding, Ordinary Injustice reveals a clubby legal culture of compromise, and shows the tragic consequences that result when communities mistake the rules that lawyers play by for the rule of law. It is time, Bach argues, to institute a new method of checks and balances that will make injustice visible—the first and necessary step to reform.
Governing States and Localities
Author: Kevin B. SmithPublisher: CQ Press
ISBN: 1544361149
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
"An easy-to-navigate, comparative book on state and local government. Very student-friendly and well-organized." —Jane Bryant, John A. Logan College The trusted and proven Governing States and Localities guides students through the contentious environment of state and local politics and focuses on the role that economic and budget pressures play in issues facing state and local governments. With their engaging journalistic writing and crisp storytelling, Kevin B. Smith and Alan Greenblatt employ a comparative approach to explain how and why states and localities are both similar and different. The Seventh Edition is thoroughly updated to account for such major developments as state versus federal conflicts over immigration reform, school shootings, and gun control; the impact of the Donald Trump presidency on intergovernmental relations and issues of central interest to states and localities; and the lingering effects of the Great Recession. A Complete Teaching and Learning Package SAGE coursepacks FREE! Easily import our quality instructor and student resource content into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Learn more. SAGE edge FREE online resources for students that make learning easier. See how your students benefit.
Indigent Defense
Author: Steven K. SmithPublisher:
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Category : Defense (Criminal procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Contracting for Indigent Defense Services : a Special Report
Author: State-funded Indigent Defense Services, 1999
Author: Carol J. DeFrancesPublisher:
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Category : Legal aid
Languages : en
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Presents findings from data collected as part of the 1999 National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems in the 21 States where the State government provides virtually all of the funding for indigent defense services. It examines the type of defender programs used in the 21 States and how the programs are organized. State operating expenditures for criminal indigent services are presented in the aggregate and by program type. Staffing and caseload data also are presented for public defender, assigned counsel, and contract attorneys programs.
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