Download or read book Improving Statewide Consistency of Key Processes for the Office of the State Public Defender Public Defender Commission Office of the State Public Defender written by Montana. Legislature. Legislative Audit Division and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Performance Audit Follow up 13SP 15 written by Montana. Legislature. Legislative Audit Division and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our performance audit report Improving Statewide Consistency of Key Processes for the Office of the State Public Defender (11P-03) was issued to the Committee in May, 2012. The audit included nine recommendations to the Public Defender Commission (PDC) and the Office of the State Public Defender (OPD). In July 2013, we conducted follow-up work to assess implementation of the report recommendations. This memorandum summarizes the results of our follow-up work"--Introduction.
Download or read book Evaluation Design for Public Defender Offices written by Roberta Rovner-Pieczenik and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Defenders and the American Justice System written by Paul B. Wice and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighty to ninety percent of the nation's urban criminal defendants are defended in court by public defenders. Thus, understanding how these defender programs operate, their effectiveness and the quality of professional life for these beleaguered and often underpaid attorneys, is a critical factor in improving local criminal justice systems. What is it like to practice law in such an inhospitable environment, where clients often revile their counsel and prosecutors hold defenders in contempt? How does a public defender maintain self-esteem and dignity? What are the particular problems and obstacles of public defender offices? And how might such departments overcome these obstacles so that defendants and defenders, as well as the public, benefit? In vivid prose, and with vignettes and quotes from the lawyers themselves, Wice answers these questions and paints a truer picture of the state of public defenders offices than most of us have from television and the media. Through a colorful profile of a reform-minded public defender's office Newark, N.J., one of the nation's most crime-ridden smaller cities, Wice examines the public defender system and shows how even the smallest reforms, especially those that address quality of life and work for public defenders, can make a big difference. Comparing the smaller defender's office to larger ones in such cities as New York and Chicago, which have not instituted significant reforms, the author illustrates the successes that can be found when change is implemented. Flaws remain, but with improved services and work environments, this important component of the overburdened criminal justice system can function more effectively, creating a system that benefits lawyers, defendants, and the community alike.
Download or read book A Review of the Operation and Performance of the Office of the State Public Defender written by Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Evaluation of Office of the State Public Defender written by Wisconsin. Legislature. Legislative Audit Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Plan as Approved by the State Public Defender Commission on April 21 2006 written by Montana. Office of the State Public Defender and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Office of the State Public Defender written by Wisconsin. Office of the State Public Defender and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Office of the State Public Defender Performance Audit written by Colorado. Office of State Auditor and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Public Defender written by Mayer C. Goldman and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Criminal Justice Systems Through Expanded Strategies and Innovative Collaborations written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia written by District of Columbia Public Defender Service and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Securing Reasonable Caseloads written by Norman Lefstein and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the criminal justice system to work, adequate resources must be available for police, prosecutors and public defense. This timely, incisive and important book by Professor Norman Lefstein looks carefully at one leg of the justice system's "three-legged stool"public defenseand the chronic overload of cases faced by public defenders and other lawyers who represent the indigent. Fortunately, the publication does far more than bemoan the current lack of adequate funding, staffing and other difficulties faced by public defense systems in the U.S. and offers concrete suggestions for dealing with these serious issues.
Download or read book Big Law Public Defender Style written by Eve Hanan and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories abound of public defenders who, overwhelmed with high caseloads, allow defendants to languish in pretrial detention and guilty pleas to be entered without examining the merits of the case. Most defendants cannot afford to hire an attorney, and, thus, have no choice other than to accept the public counsel appointed by the court. In this Essay, I consider whether Professor Benjamin Edwards' central argument in The Professional Prospectus: A Call for Effective Professional Disclosure -- that attorneys should provide potential clients with a prospectus disclosing their performance history -- applies to criminal defense. I reject the proposition that most people charged with crimes would have better representation if they could choose their attorneys and, to that end, had adequate information about their attorney's past performance. I conclude, instead, that the problem of inadequate criminal defense representation can be better remedied by improving the infrastructure for public defense. This essay contributes to the discussion of the benefits of large public defender offices in two ways. First, it argues that statewide public defender offices can be evaluated for effectiveness, allowing potential clients and the general public to assess the quality of representation they provide. Adequate information about the effectiveness of the large public defender offices can overcome a common mistake that potential clients make regarding criminal defense -- that a private attorney is always more effective than a public defender. Second, statewide public defender offices can use performance data and institutional processes to implement uniform structural and attitudinal changes that ensure consistently excellent representation from all attorneys working in the office. The question of access to information about attorney performance is still relevant but should be reframed. It is not a question of how individual clients can evaluate individual attorneys, but of how the public sphere can use the information available to institutionalize excellence in public defense.
Download or read book Statewide Public Defender Office Management Appraisal State of Connecticut written by William W. Cahill and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Jersey Office of the Public Defender written by New Jersey. Office of the Public Defender and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Keeping Defender Workloads Manageable written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
