Sixth Amendment Center
@6thAMD
Working w/policymakers across the country to protect the 6th Amendment right to counsel
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Illinois created its first State Public Defender Commission and office after 6AC's 2021 report, a step toward oversight, accountability, and fairer justice. Read: 6ac.org/guam-gains-def… #PublicDefense #CriminalJustice #CriminalJusticeReform
“Public trust is strengthened when the defense function operates independently.” — Chief Justice Torres, Guam Guam just passed landmark bipartisan reform to ensure the right to counsel. 📖 6ac.org/guam-gains-def… #JusticeReform #PublicDefense #RightToCounsel
How much does your stay pay private attorneys for providing public defense?? New tool: Paying Attorneys of the Sixth → Compare rates by state, case type & more: 6ac.org/paying-attorne… #PublicDefense #JusticeReform #SixthAmendment
With SB407 law, Nevada protects public defense and puts justice > politics. 6ac.org/nevada-removes… #RightToCounsel
North Dakota just enacted SB 2226 & HB 1417—ensuring counsel at first appearance, eliminating public defender fees, and ending recoupment. 6ac.org/big-public-def… #RightToCounsel #SixthAmendment #CriminalJusticeReform
Big news! 6AC founder David Carroll steps into a new role as President, and we proudly welcome Aditi Goel as our new Executive Director! Her experience + leadership = an exciting new chapter. Learn more: 6ac.org/onward-upwards… #RightToCounsel #PublicDefense
Who's Leading Us Next? A trusted voice. A powerful advocate. A transformative leader. We're thrilled to introduce the next Executive Director of 6AC... but not quite yet. Stay tuned. #LeadershipTransition #6AC #CriminalJustice
🗞️📰! Earlier this month, a Maine court ordered the release of any unrepresented defendant held in jail for more than 14 days without a lawyer and the dismissal of charges for any unrepresented defendant without a lawyer for more than 60 days: 6ac.org/maine-court-re….
🎉It’s Gideon Day! From court cases to legislative changes to the creation of public defender offices & state commissions, "History of the Sixth" traces the evolution of the right to counsel in America. Explore the past to better navigate the future: 6ac.org/discovery/
Would it surprise you that the first right to counsel statute on the books dates to the 1600s? Or that 40 states and 2 U.S. territories guaranteed the right to counsel before Gideon? Understanding the past is the first step in improving its future: 6ac.org/gideon-is-impo… 🙏📜
Understanding your rights shouldn't have to be so hard 🤕6AC's "Discovery" page breaks down the 6th Amendment into bite-sized pieces. Flip through ABCs of the Sixth to understand the who, what, where, when, and why of your right to counsel. 6AC.org/discovery #SixthAmendment
3-2-1 🚀 6AC launches DISCOVERY to answer all your Sixth Amendment questions: Are public defenders better than private attorneys? Should state or local governments fund services? Whether you're new to public defense or not, we have your answers! 6AC.org/discovery
The U.S. Judicial Conference endorses independence of the federal defense program, noting conflicts “where judges provide oversight and determine the resources available for only one side of the adversarial justice system." A great way to end the year👏 fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/….
Today's conversation with Aditi Goel of the @6thAMD is a good reminder that Public Defense can improve even in a "tough on crime" state. Aditi discussed the radical changes coming to Public Defense in South Dakota and what other states can learn from it open.spotify.com/episode/3TDQPp…
6AC & the South Dakota Unified Judicial System release a report after a statewide evaluation of public defense services, finding that South Dakota’s locally funded, decentralized county-based public defense system erodes the adversarial system of justice: 6ac.org/new-6ac-report…
Federal district court in Arkansas ruled last month in Farella v. Anglin that defendants have a constitutional right to an attorney at bail hearings in state courts. Ms. Anglin was in jail for over 5 weeks because she couldn’t pay bail. 6AC explains: 6ac.org/federal-distri…
Public defenders have the power “for compassion, for humanity, for kindness in a system that has a ton of pain and suffering.” Aditi Goel, 6AC Deputy Director on the Indigent Defenseless podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/2Q7nZq…
How are private attorneys paid on court-appointed cases in all 50 states? Read 6AC's blog post on what Colorado leaders said this month about flat fees & low hourly rates, and where the nation stands: 6ac.org/colorado-bans-… #SixthAmendment #RighttoCounsel #CriminalJustice
🔊From Mississippi to New York, leaders in states across the political spectrum sound the alarm for indigent defense reform this week. Read what they have to say⬇⬇ Mississippi - magnoliatribune.com/2024/06/04/pro… New York - gothamist.com/news/free-lawy…
Mississippi's highest justices are pushing to improve dire right to counsel conditions so the indigent accused don't sit in jail for months without a lawyer. Many legislators are too. But it's still not enough. Why? The Marshall Project explains: themarshallproject.org/2024/05/02/mis…
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