Expert Services
We provide technical assistance that is tailored to the unique needs and requests in each jurisdiction. This ranges from staffing government task forces, to holding confidential one-on-one meetings, to testifying before legislatures when asked. We also educate the public through speaking engagements, our Pleading the Sixth blog, and sharing what we know about the right to counsel so you can help fix the issue.
Government Technical Assistance
Speaking Engagements
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March 26, 2013
Rutgers School of Law – Student Chapter of the American Constitution Society Newark, New Jersey
David Carroll participates in a panel entitled “Gideon at 50: Providing Better Representation to Indigent Criminal Defendants.” Other participants include: The Hon. Patricia Costello, Superior Court Judge; Joseph Krakora, New Jersey State Public Defender; Alexander Shalom, American Civil Liberties of New Jersey; and Paul Fishman, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
March 19, 2013
Boston University School of Law Boston, Massachusetts
David Carroll addresses the impact of systemic indigent defense deficiencies on wrongful convictions. Special emphasis is placed on undue political and judicial interference and the use of United States v. Cronic to get at how systemic deficiencies prevent even the best lawyers from providing constitutionally effective right to counsel services.
March 12, 2013
The Hamilton Burnett Chapter of the American Inns of Court Knoxville, Tennessee
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, 6AC Executive Director David Carroll is part of a panel, along with Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Gary Wade, Knox County Public Defender Mark Stephens, retired District Attorney Paul Phillips, and Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts General Counsel David Haines, discussing the state of indigent defense in America. What are we getting right? What are we getting wrong? How do we better deal with the problem?
February 21, 2013
Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law Houston, Texas
David Carroll presents at a forum entitled: “Indigent Defense Systems and Policy Impact on the Quality of Legal Representation.” Mr. Carroll discusses the current state of the right to counsel in America and what national standards require of indigent defense systems. A particular focus is placed on the need for independence of the defense function and the removal of undue judicial interference.
February 9, 2013
American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, 2013 Summit on Indigent Defense Improvements Dallas, Texas
Deputy Director Jon Mosher participates on a panel entitled “Annual Review of National Developments in Indigent Defense.” Mosher presents an overview of the most important right to counsel news stories from 2012.
September 22, 2012
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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.
The Sixth Amendment Center is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under EIN: 45-3477185.
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