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Whether you’re new to indigent defense or have been steeped in the field for decades, understanding the right to counsel is difficult because the law is complex and evolves. Moreover, states try to actualize that law in many ways. Pick out a book from our shelf and flip it open to understand these concepts in an easily digestible format. Contact us with ideas for other books on topics you are interested in!
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Criminal justice issues that disproportionately harm poor people, such as wrongful convictions and over-incarceration, cannot be fixed if indigent defendants are given attorneys who do not have the time, resources, or qualifications, to be a constitutional check on government. Yet, investment in improving indigent defense services remains largely neglected. The Sixth Amendment Center is the only nonprofit organization in the country that exclusively examines, uncovers, and helps fix the root of the indigent defense crisis in which inequality is perpetuated because poor defendants do not get a fair fight.
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