- Focus Group Agenda
- Participant Bios
- Links to web sites referenced by Focus Group participants
- Nevada Indigent Defense Reform Effort:
- Securing Reasonable Caseloads: Ethics and Law in Public Defense, Norman Lefstein
- ABA Ethics Opinion 06-441, Ethical Obligations of Lawyers Who Represent Indigent Criminal Defendants When Excessive Caseloads Interfere With Competent and Diligent Representation, May 13, 2006.
- ABA Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System, February 2002.
- ACLU Report Smart Reform is Possible: States Reducing Incarceration Rates Costs While Protecting Communities, August 2011.
- ACS Brief: Litigation Strategies for Dealing with the Indigent Defense Crisis, Eve Brensike Primus, September 2010.
- ACS Issue Brief: Legislative Approach to Indigent Defense Reform, Cara Drinan, July 2010.
- Anoka County Adult Criminal Diversion Plan, Revised September 2008.
- The State Bar of California, Guidelines on Indigent Defense Services Delivery Systems, 2006.
- Christian Science Monitor: Article Featuring Massachusetts Public Defender, March 22, 1988.
- Eight Guidelines of Public Defense Related to Excessive Workloads, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, August 2009.
- Excessive Defender Caseloads: ABA Ethics Committee Weighs In, The Champion NACDL, December 2006.
- Gideon's Broken Promise: America’s Continuing Quest for Equal Justice, ABA SCLAID, December 2004.
- Hurrell-Harring v. New York, 930 N.E.2d 217, 2010.
- Justice Denied: America’s Continuing Neglect of our Constitutional Right to Counsel, Report of the National Right to Counsel Committee, The Constitution Project, 2009.
- Minor Crimes Massive Waste: The Terrible Toll of America’s Broken Misdemeanor Courts, NACDL, April 2009.
- Missouri Petition, Missouri Public Defender v. Hon. Waters, 2010.
- NY Law Journal Q&A: William Leahy, June 10, 2011.
- Public Defender Corps: Fellow Profiles Class of 2011.
- Reclassification Report: An Update on State Efforts in Misdemeanor Reclassification, Penalty Reduction and Alternative Sentencing, Prepared for the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, by The Spangenberg Project, The Center for Justice, Law and Society at George Mason University, September 2010.
- Rogers Commission Report: Report of the Commission to Study the Provision of Counsel to Indigent Persons in Massachusetts, April 2005.
- Spokane Diversion Program: The City of Spokane’s Third Degree Strategy, An Approach to Case Prioritization, Mary Muramatsu, Spokane City Prosecutor’s Office.
- Washington State Links: Proposed Rules and Standards, 2011.
- Amendments to Standard 3 of the Washington State Bar Association’s “Standards on Indigent Defense” as Proposed and Recommended by the WSBA Council on Public Defense on September 7, 2011.
- Public Defender Leadership Training is a Necessary Investment for the Justice System, John Stuart, 2011.
- Gideon's Fellows, NLADA, January 6, 2012.
- Ten Years Beyond the Texas Fair Defense Act, Senator Rodney Ellis.
- Measures for Justice – Link to organization site.
- San Francisco Public Defender – Specialty Courts & Reentry Programs
- De–Criminalization: Creating Fine-Only Offenses – An Issue Paper Prepared by The Spangenberg Group
- Decriminalizing the Effects of Poverty and Improving the Efficiency of the Criminal Justice System
- Children of Incarcerated Parents, Office of the Public Defender, City and County of San Francisco.
- Want a Clean Slate? Clean Slate Program of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office.
LINKS
- Nevada Supreme Court's Indigent Defense Commission: http://www.nevadajudiciary.us/index.php/idccommission-news
- Direct links to individual documents http://www.nevadajudiciary.us/index.php/viewdocumentsandforms/funcstartdown/7887/
http://www.nevadajudiciary.us/index.php/viewdocumentsandforms/funcstartdown/7888/
http://www.nevadajudiciary.us/index.php/viewdocumentsandforms/funcstartdown/7889/
http://www.nevadajudiciary.us/index.php/viewdocumentsandforms/funcstartdown/7890/ - Michigan State Appellate Defender web site: www.sado.org
- Public Defender Corps (Overview on EJW website): http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/post-grad/public-defender-corps Securing Reasonable Caseloads: Ethics and Law in Public Defense: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_aid_indigent_defendants/initiatives/indigent_defense_systems_improvement/case_guidebook.html
- Justice Denied: America’s Continuing Neglect of Our Right to Counsel: http://2009transition.org/justicedenied/
- Minor Crimes, Massive Waste: http://www.nacdl.org/criminaldefense.aspx
- ABA SCLAID web site: www.indigentdefense.org
- NACDL Website: www.nacdl.org
