5B. Seems like the best, and easiest-to-implement, reform would be to make sure the person on other side of the table can do her job.
@JohnFPfaff Been a while since I read it but this critique of public defense as an empty promise might cite research http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2259&context=facpub …
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1. He cites 3 papers, probably aren’t that many more. Hard to synthesize, this dismissal far too breezy.
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2. The no-effect paper is here: http://law.vanderbilt.edu/phd/students/Shinall_VLR-Note.pdf … Just looks at TRIAL outcomes, so can’t catch plea/dismissal effects. Could be big!
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3. H&A is here: http://www.yalelawjournal.org/essay/how-much-difference-does-the-lawyer-make-the-effect-of-defense-counsel-on-murder-case-outcomes … Like this one, but just looks at murders. Plea rate ~ 30%, vs. 90% elsewhere. Hard to extrapolate.
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4. A&Y here: https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/lawreview.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/74.4/74_4_Abrams_Yoon.pdf … Prob most representative sample. Better PD = better plea deal. Can’t rely on 1 paper, but lit is thin.
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5. Big failing in soc sci is unwillingness to do meta-analyses. Leaves non-experts no choice but string cite, bad for seeing big picture.
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@ChMadar@JohnFPfaff Concludes that empirical studies suggest that effective PD's could reduce sentence length by 24%. Seems good to me.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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