So here is some information about public defense. Most of these sites/articles support increasing the funding and quality of indigent defense. I'm personally pretty biased in my support for this stance. But it'd be cool if someone can find information and evidence supporting the opposing stance. Please post anything of interest.
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http://www.nlada.org/ (This is a great resource for information about defense of the poor more generally in regards to both public interest and public defense attorneys.
NLADA focuses on problems within the legal system and also discusses some pieces of legislation that can begin to address some of these issues. I think that just browsing the links on the homepage would be a
good introduction to public defense.)
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http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/sclaid/defender/downloads/state_indigentdefense_feb07.pdf (This American Bar Association article is very comprehensive, but also very long. I think the first 15 pages are the most informative, because it describes the historical and legal basis for public defense and also the various problems currently associated with it currently.)
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http://www.nlada.org/Defender/Defender_Technical/Defender_Technical_Audits ( The first article at this website, "Justice Impaired," focuses on New York public defense and its current issues. I think the first few pages are really important because they discuss how inadequate public defense makes for an unjust legal system.)
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