Madeira Edward W., Schaffer Michael D. The Defender: The Battle to Protect the Rights of the Accused in Philadelphia 9781439918524

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Автор: Madeira Edward W., Schaffer Michael D.
Название: The Defender: The Battle to Protect the Rights of the Accused in Philadelphia
ISBN: 9781439918524
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

История Америк

История государства и права

Краеведение

ISBN-10: 143991852X
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 240
Вес: 0.48 кг.
Дата издания: 06.11.2020
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 11 halftones
Размер: 151 x 228 x 29
Ключевые слова: History,History of the Americas,Legal history,Local history, HISTORY / General,HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA),LAW / Legal History
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Long before the Supreme Court ruled that impoverished defendants in criminal cases have a right to free counsel, Philadelphia’s public defenders were working to ensure fair trials for all. In 1934, when penniless defendants were routinely railroaded through the courts without ever seeing a lawyer, Philadelphia attorney Francis Fisher Kane helped create the Voluntary Defender Association, supported by charity and free from political interference, to represent poor people accused of crime.

When the Supreme Court’s 1963 decision Gideonv. Wainwright mandated free counsel for indigent defendants, the Defender (as it is now known) became more essential than ever, representing at least 70 percent of those caught in the machinery of justice in the city. Its groundbreaking work in juvenile advocacy, homicide representation, death-row habeas corpus petitions, parole issues, and alternative sentencing has earned a national reputation.

In The Defender, Edward Madeira, past president of the Defender’s Board of Directors, and former Philadelphia Inquirer journalist Michael Schaffer chart the 80-plus-year history of the organization as it grew from two lawyers in 1934 to a staff of nearly 500 in 2015.

This is a compelling story about securing justice for those who need it most.

The Defender: The Battle to Protect the Rights of the Accused in Philadelphia, Madeira Edward W., Schaffer Michael D.