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Indigent Defense in Federal and State Courts is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document summarizes a report on defense counsel in criminal cases. It finds that in 1996, 82% of defendants in the largest state courts and 66% of defendants in federal court had publicly financed attorneys. Conviction rates were the same regardless of whether defendants had public or private attorneys. However, those with public attorneys were more likely to be sentenced to incarceration. The document also provides background on the constitutional right to counsel and the two types of programs that pr

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