Letter: Defending the Indigent

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 25 April 2013 | 13.25

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Re "Sequestration of Justice" (editorial, April 12):

Sadly, while it is widely recognized in this 50th-anniversary year of the historic Gideon decision that indigent defense is in crisis across the country, until the recent budget cuts that was not true in the federal courts.

That system is viewed as the gold standard. It is a hybrid system that provides adequately resourced defenders and panels of private lawyers who are among the most talented and dedicated advocates. There is simply no basis for the unsubstantiated assertion that panel lawyers are less skillful and effective than public defenders.

A healthy system requires the participation of both public and private defenders, and adequate resources and money for both. The alternative is the excessive caseloads and resulting assembly-line justice and the wrongful convictions that are so pervasive in many states.

Both the judiciary and Congress have a duty to prevent that from happening in the federal courts.

NORMAN L. REIMER
Executive Director, National
Assn.
of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Washington, April 12, 2013


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