For Some, Free Counsel Comes at a High Cost. Ken Armstrong and others.
by Armstrong, Ken; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 74Institutions. Publisher: The Seattle Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Fixed price contracts | Lawyers -- Corrupt practices | Lawyers -- Fees | Lawyers -- Workload | Legal assistance to the poor | Public defenders | Right to counsel | United States Supreme Court -- Decisions | Washington (State)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "Four decades ago, in the celebrated case of Gideon v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme Court promised to turn a noble ideal into more than just words. By ruling that defendants too poor to hire their own attorney must be provided one at public expense, the court reaffirmed that all people accused of crime must stand equal before the law. Grant County is Gideon's lie. It is a lie repeated across Washington and America, in systems that try to control costs--sometimes at the expense of justice." (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article, using the example of public defender Guillermo Romero, highlights the practice of using fixed-fee public-defense contracts and illustrates how they "leave public defenders less time per case, and lead to adversarial breakdowns."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: For Some, Free Counsel Comes at a High Cost, April 12, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Four decades ago, in the celebrated case of Gideon v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme Court promised to turn a noble ideal into more than just words. By ruling that defendants too poor to hire their own attorney must be provided one at public expense, the court reaffirmed that all people accused of crime must stand equal before the law. Grant County is Gideon's lie. It is a lie repeated across Washington and America, in systems that try to control costs--sometimes at the expense of justice." (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article, using the example of public defender Guillermo Romero, highlights the practice of using fixed-fee public-defense contracts and illustrates how they "leave public defenders less time per case, and lead to adversarial breakdowns."
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