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dc.rights.licenseIn Copyrighten_US
dc.creatorOsteen, Maisie Bruce
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-06T14:46:15Z
dc.date.available2013-11-06T14:46:15Z
dc.date.created2013
dc.identifierWLURG38_Osteen_POV_2013_wm
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/24083
dc.descriptionMaisie Osteen is a member of the Class of 2014 of Washington and Lee University School of Law.en_US
dc.descriptionCapstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE]en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper will articulate the clear nexus between economic stratification and criminal representation. Part II will demonstrate the disparate effects of our system of punishment on the economically disadvantaged and the cyclical nature of the poverty to prison channel. It will show how incarceration and other collateral consequences leave many previously convicted individuals teetering on the edge of recidivism, unable to re-assimilate into their communities. Part III will describe the current collection of legal services offered to the poor. This Part will describe a minority of organizations that have become the gold standard for indigent criminal defense. More importantly, it will also emphasize a more common broken system of representation, highlighted by ineffective counsel. Finally, Part IV will propose the use of Court Room Advocates (“CRA”) and increasing pro-bono hours among practitioners and students to better our justice system. These proposals are intended to adhere to the promise of Gideon and, hopefully, begin to lessen disparate outcomes based on a person's socio-economic status. [From Introduction]en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMaisie Bruce Osteen
dc.format.extent35 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University, Shepherd Poverty Programen_US
dc.titleIs This Justice? A Look at the Representation Afforded Poor Defendants in Americaen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.isPartOfRG38 - Student Papers
dc.rights.holderOsteen, Maisie Bruce
dc.subject.fastLegal assistance to the pooren_US
dc.subject.fastJusticeen_US
dc.subject.fastPovertyen_US
dc.subject.fastRight to counselen_US
dc.subject.fastPublic defendersen_US
dc.subject.fastDiscrimination in criminal justice administrationen_US
local.departmentShepherd Poverty Programen_US
local.scholarshiptypeCapstoneen_US


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