Government,
Criminal
Mar. 18, 2022
Our public defender offices must be fully funded and staffed
Nearly 60 years after the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright, we still see public defender offices across the nation grapple with providing effective counsel as they struggle with the weight of excessive workloads and increasingly complex government bureaucracies.
Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse
Christine Rodriguez Tyler
Judge
Pepperdine University Law School
Nominated to the Los Angeles Superior Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office, 2004-2022. Served as president of the L.A. County Public Defenders Union representing over 600 public defenders throughout Los Angeles County.
On March 18, we commemorate the 1963 U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Gideon v. Wainwright. While Gideon affirmed the “fundamental” right to counsel regardless of ability to pay, the court did not establish the manner in which that counsel should be provided. As a result, nearly 60 years after the landmark Supreme Court case, we still see public defender offices across the nation grapple with providing effective ...
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