Public Interest
Oct. 3, 2000
Expert Access
Access to resources and experts can be as important as the right to counsel itself. Only by making resources available to the poor can we mitigate the risk of unjust convictions.
Almost 40 years ago the U.S. Supreme Court declared in Gideon v. Wainwright that every indigent defendant accused of a felony has a constitutional right to an appointed lawyer. This law has been extended to those charged with misdemeanor and juvenile delinquency offenses. Recently the nation has been horrified by revelations of sleeping, ...
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