Criminal Legal Aid Resources
Criminal Legal Aid Resources
This section includes papers, reports, studies, management and delivery tools related to criminal legal aid
‘The system is sick’: Canada’s courts are choking on an increase in evidence
17.05.2013 Criminal Legal Aid Resources
Evidence, the single most important element of a court case, is choking the life out of Canada’s judicial system; or, more specifically, the analysis, management, disclosure and argument over evidence are the guilty parties at the end of this whodunit.
Reasonable Doubt: "Access to justice" does not exist in B.C.
16.05.2013 Criminal Legal Aid Resources
IN THE PAST 20 years, funding for legal aid has been cut to such an extent that most people cannot obtain funding for their legal issues.
The Law Society has called for a complete rethink of the government’s ‘economically unworkable’ and ‘potentially unlawful’ criminal legal aid proposals.
Secret Imprisonment, Rule of Law and Legal Aid Under Attack – The Human Rights Roundup
14.05.2013 Criminal Legal Aid Resources
Welcome back to the UK Human Rights Roundup, your regular assortment of human rights news. The full list of links can be found here. You can also find our table of human rights cases here and previous roundups here.
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman on Wednesday announced $24 million in grants aimed at boosting representation for indigent criminal defendants across upstate New York.
VICTORIA'S senior criminal courts are in crisis as controversial budget cuts put in jeopardy all complex trials relying on legal aid.
A Russian JusticeMakers Fellow help free a wrongfully accused
08.05.2013 Criminal Legal Aid Resources
“I remained at liberty and I am thankful to the court for its fair decision.
Legal Tools: International Standards on Criminal Defence Rights
03.05.2013 Criminal Legal Aid Resources
This document is part of the Open Society Justice Initiative's Arrest Rights Toolkit, a resource for criminal lawyers, prosecutors, judges, and police—all those who play a role in ensuring that the rights of people accused of crimes are respected.
This document is part of the Open Society Justice Initiative's Arrest Rights Toolkit, a resource for criminal lawyers, prosecutors, judges, and police—all those who play a role in ensuring that the rights of people accused of crimes are respected.
The Open Society Justice Initiative believes that litigation can be used to reinforce the fundamental human rights that underpin an open and just society.