Author: Aditi Goel

Timely access to counsel declared a national priority

Pleading the Sixth: On March 2, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice launched a national tour to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright. A focus of the tour’s first stop was timely access to counsel for indigent defendants.

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Lake County Report is the third strike against California’s deficient indigent defense systems

This evaluation was supported by 6AC’s Law Student Network.  Are indigent defense services best funded and coordinated by the government at the state level or local level? California has avoided answering this question for decades. Yet, a new 6AC report

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Judges’ removal of Champaign County public defender sets off alarms in Illinois

Pleading the Sixth: Illinois statutes authorize circuit judges to control the public defense function. In every one of Illinois’ 102 counties, except Cook (Chicago), circuit judges hire the public defender and can fire the public defender for any reason or

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