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Examining the Impact of Indigent Criminal Defense Reform in Texas: Has the Fair Defense Act Been Effective? |
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The 77th Texas Legislature adopted a sweeping reform of the state’s indigent criminal defense system. This paper examines the history leading to the adoption of the Fair Defense Act and its impact. The paper includes a description of the provision of the Fair Defense Act as well as the qualities of an ideal indigent defense system. Using the results from statewide surveys of criminal defense lawyers and prosecutors, the authors find that respondents believe the process of representing indigents clients has improved. More importantly, the process improvements have translated into improvements in the quality of representation provided to indigent clients. |
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Name: Southwestern Political Science Association
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| Moore, Michael., Butcher, Allan. and Burnett, Catherine. "Examining the Impact of Indigent Criminal Defense Reform in Texas: Has the Fair Defense Act Been Effective?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Fairmont Hotel, Mar 23, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p88842_index.html> |
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| Moore, M. , Butcher, A. and Burnett, C. G. , 2005-03-23 "Examining the Impact of Indigent Criminal Defense Reform in Texas: Has the Fair Defense Act Been Effective?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Fairmont Hotel Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p88842_index.html |
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Abstract: The 77th Texas Legislature adopted a sweeping reform of the state’s indigent criminal defense system. This paper examines the history leading to the adoption of the Fair Defense Act and its impact. The paper includes a description of the provision of the Fair Defense Act as well as the qualities of an ideal indigent defense system. Using the results from statewide surveys of criminal defense lawyers and prosecutors, the authors find that respondents believe the process of representing indigents clients has improved. More importantly, the process improvements have translated into improvements in the quality of representation provided to indigent clients. |
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| Examining the Impact of Criminal Defense Reform in Texas: Has the Fair Defense Act Been Effective? Michael K. Moore Allan K. Butcher Department of Political Science University of Texas at Arlington Arlington Texas 76019 mmoore@uta.edu 817-272-7422 Catherine Greene Burnett South Texas College of Law Paper prepared for presentation at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association New Orleans LA ABSTRACT The 77th Texas Legislature adopted a sweeping reform of the state' indigent criminal defense s system. |
| data are difficult to gather and the question of making comparisons across court cases is fraught with problems however this appears to be the only means of moving beyond the impressions of participants in the judicial system. Despite these shortcomings it seems safe to answer the question posed by the title of this paper with a qualified "yes." By several yardsticks the Fair Defense Act appears to have improved indigent criminal defense in Texas. While much work remains to |
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