ACLU Sues Pennsylvania Over Inadequate Public Defense System
Special to the Vanguard Harrisburg, PA – The ACLU of Pennsylvania on Thursday announced they are suing…
ACLU Sues Riverside County for Violating Public Records Act
Riverside is the only CA county to completely disregard public records requests related to indigent defense Special…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 206: Bright and Kwak Discuss ‘Fear of Too Much Justice’
This week on Everyday Injustice we feature legendary attorney Stephen Bright and James Kwak who just released…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 204: Jon B. Gould Discusses Criminal Justice Reform
This week on Everyday Injustice features Jon B. Gould, the Dean of UC Irvine school of Social…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 191: Death Penalty Representation in Philadelphia
In Everyday Injustice’s second installment with Marc Bookman, we discuss the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation—a non-profit…
Guest Commentary: If You Care About Freedom, You Should Be Asking Why We Don’t Fund Our Public Defender Systems
Four out of five criminal defendants can’t afford a lawyer, but in many places, the system promised…
Looking Back: Our Two-Tiered Justice System
by Jeffrey Deskovic – Contrasts In Justice Between Rich And Poor – “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as well as across the country and not simply applicable to NY.
Everyday Injustice Episode 84: San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju
In February of 2019, longtime legendary public defender Jeff Adachi died. Taking over the position as the…
A Crisis for Indigent Defense in Massachusetts
By Vaidya Gullapalli Fifteen years ago, people arrested and charged in Hampden County, Massachusetts, but unable to…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Sanders Lays Out Plan for Massive Overhaul of Criminal Justice System
It was one of the shortcomings of his 2016 campaign, but it is a shortcoming no more…
Guest Commentary: America’s Public Defenders’ Offices Are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them
By Kamala Harris As a former prosecutor and attorney general of California, I saw our legal system…
Our Government Has Failed to Defend the Sixth Amendment
By Kanya Bennett and Ezekiel Edwards On May 8, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) elevated the crisis of…
Ineffective Public Defense Under Fire
By Jason D. Williamson Innocent unless proven guilty… These words are the bedrock of our criminal justice…
Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty
The protests and police shootings in Ferguson and Staten Island have focused on the disproportionate black and…