Abstract
A recent study found that poor criminal defendants in Philadelphia who were represented by court-appointed private lawyers were more often found guilty and sentenced to more time in prison than similarly situated defendants represented by public defenders. In this column, we review the details of the study, its findings, and its ethical and constitutional implications.
Keywords
Sixth Amendment, public defenders, constitutional rights of the accused, ethical obligations of defense counsel
Publication Date
2012
Document Type
Article
Place of Original Publication
Criminal Justice
Publication Information
27 (1) Criminal Justice 46 (2012)
Repository Citation
Joy, Peter A. and McMunigal, Kevin C., "Does the Lawyer Make a Difference? Public Defender v. Appointed Counsel" (2012). Faculty Publications. 37.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/37
