For the criminal justice system to work, adequate resources must be available for police, prosecutors and public defense. This timely, incisive and important bo

On March 18, 1963, in one of its most significant legal decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that all defendants facing s

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Every day, in courtrooms around the United States, thousands of criminal defendants are represented by public defenders--lawyers provided by the government for