Pleading the Sixth: As if excessive caseloads, a lack of independence, inadequate funding, and low compensation were not enough of a problem for those charged with providing right to counsel services in Missouri, public defenders are now being forced into…
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How public defenders struggle with ethical blindness
Pleading the Sixth: Do psychological factors force public defenders to rationalize sub-par performance in the face of excessive caseloads? And are these unconscious phenomena responsible for the failure to institutionalize caseload controls? These are just a few of the questions…
Idaho passes initial reforms; Second round of reforms introduced
Pleading the Sixth: The Idaho Senate unanimously passed an initial indigent defense reform package, sending it on for the Governor’s signature. Not content to rest with creating a uniform standard of indigency and barring children from waiving counsel, among others…
Idaho legislature contemplates initial reforms
Pleading the Sixth: The Idaho Criminal Justice Commission offered initial indigent defense reforms that have been introduced in the House of Representatives. The proposed reforms seek to, among other things: create a statewide uniform standard for who may get public…
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