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ā€œItā€™s important to focus on the cost of counsel because it impedes a young personā€™s ability to have a fair trial,ā€ said staff attorney Nadia

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Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project ā€¢

ustice Kennedy, who was often the Supreme Courtā€™s swing vote in close cases and who voted in favor of all four of the courtā€™s major

A report obtained by The Washington PostĀ found that impoverished families are often required to pay for counsel even after a court deems them ā€˜too poor to pay.ā€™
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Juvenile Law Center,

Juvenile Law Center releases groundbreaking report detailing burdensome policies of charging for ā€œfreeā€ public defenders in majority of states across the country

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Erin B. Logan, SF Gate ā€¢

The U.S. Constitution affords all defendants (juveniles and adults) the right to counsel - if they cannot afford an attorney, the court must appoint one

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Madeline Donley, American Youth Policy Forum ā€¢

TheĀ Philadelphia Youth NetworkĀ youth success program provided Shyara with some of the guidance that had been absent in her experience thus far. It was