Public Defense Reform
The 老澳门开奖结果 works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Indigent Defense
The 老澳门开奖结果 works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Right to Counsel
The 老澳门开奖结果 works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
What's at Stake
All criminal defendants are constitutionally entitled to effective representation of counsel. Unfortunately, lack of resources, time, and skills often renders many capital counsel ineffective, denying numerous capital defendants that fundamental right and often resulting in a sentence of death.
In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court indicated in聽Roper v. Simmons聽that the death penalty must be reserved for聽鈥渢he worst of the worst,鈥澛爄.e., offenders who commit聽鈥溾�榯he most serious crimes鈥櫬燼nd whose extreme culpability makes them聽鈥榯he most deserving of execution.鈥欌�澛燪uality of counsel, however, is a far better predictor of who gets sentenced to death and ultimately executed. The death penalty is arbitrary and capricious, in part because the聽鈥渨orst of the worst鈥澛爏ometimes describes the quality of representation for those facing it.
All criminal defendants are constitutionally entitled to effective representation of counsel. Unfortunately, lack of resources, time, and skills often renders many capital counsel ineffective, denying numerous capital defendants that fundamental right and often resulting in a sentence of death.
In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court indicated in聽Roper v. Simmons聽that the death penalty must be reserved for聽鈥渢he worst of the worst,鈥澛爄.e., offenders who commit聽鈥溾�榯he most serious crimes鈥櫬燼nd whose extreme culpability makes them聽鈥榯he most deserving of execution.鈥欌�澛燪uality of counsel, however, is a far better predictor of who gets sentenced to death and ultimately executed. The death penalty is arbitrary and capricious, in part because the聽鈥渨orst of the worst鈥澛爏ometimes describes the quality of representation for those facing it.