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(New) Adult Criminal Justice Case Processing in Washington, DC [PDF]
Urban Institute, February, 2012
“For every 150 arrests for a felony in the District, 100 have formal charges filed, 53 result in a conviction, 16 result in prison, and 4 result in a “long” prison sentence (≥3 years). Most of these figures are similar in other large urban counties.”
Forensic DNA Database Expansion Growing Racial Inequities, Eroding Civil Liberties and Diminishing Returns, [PDF]
Generations Ahead, November, 2011
“Given the existing racial bias in other aspects of the criminal justice system, we need to ensure that DNA databases do not unfairly and disproportionately affect communities of color.”
Appeals Of Civil Trials Concluded In 2005 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, October, 2011
“The trial court verdict or judgment was fully or partly reversed in 35% of civil appeals decided on the merits.”
When Treatment is Punishment The Effects of Maryland's Incompetency to Stand Trial Policies and Practices, [PDF]
Justice Policy Institute, October, 2011
“Too many people found not competent to stand trial are unnecessarily locked in a secure setting for treatment and, on average, confined for longer periods than research demonstrates is clinically reasonable.”
Crisis in the Courts Defining the Problem, [PDF]
American Bar Association, August, 2011
“[T]he Legal Services Corportation Budget for FY2011 was reduced an additional 3.8% half way through that budget cycle, even as the number of Americans eligible for civil legal aid was pushed by the Recession to an all-time high of 57 Million.”
System Overload The Costs of Under-Resourcing Public Defense, [PDF]
Justice Policy Institute, July, 2011
“In state-based public defender offices, 15 of the 19 reporting state programs exceeded the maximum recommended limit of felony or misdemeanor cases per attorney.”
State Prosecutors' Offices with Jurisdiction in Indian Country, 2007 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, June, 2011
“Seventy-three percent of offices with jurisdiction in Indian country reported prosecuting at least one felony case committed in Indian country.”
Punitive Damage Awards In State Courts, 2005 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, March, 2011
“Punitive damages were awarded in 700 (5%) of the 14,359 trials where plaintiffs prevailed.”
Preventable Error A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997�" 2009, [PDF]
Northern California Innocence Project, Santa Clara University School of Law, October, 2010
“[This report] is the most comprehensive, up-to-date, quantitative and actionable study on the extent of prosecutorial misconduct in CA, how the justice system identifies and addresses it, and its cost and consequences, including [wrongful convictions].”
County-Based And Local Public Defender Offices, 2007 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 2010
(About three-quarters (73%) of county-based public defender offices exceeded the maximum recommended limit of cases received per attorney in 2007.)
State Public Defender Programs, 2007 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 2010
(Fifteen state programs exceeded the recommended number of felony and misdemeanor cases per attorney.)
Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2006 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, May, 2010
“About a fourth of felony defendants were charged with a violent offense in 2006.”
Tort Bench and Jury Trials in State Courts, 2005 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 2009
“In the nation’s 75 most populous counties, the number of tort trials declined by about a third between 1996 and 2005.”
Minor Crimes, Major Waste: The Terrible Toll of America's Broken Misdemeanor Courts, [PDF]
National Association of Criminal defense Lawyers, April, 2009
“...literally millions of accused misdemeanants, particularly those unable to hire private counsel, and disproportionately people of color, routinely are denied the due process to which the Constitution entitles them.”
Drug Courts: A Review of the Evidence, [PDF]
Sentencing Project, April, 2009
“An analysis of research findings from 76 drug courts found a 10% reduction in rearrest.”
The State of Sentencing 2008 Developments in Policy and Practice, [PDF]
Sentencing Project, February, 2009
“A nationwide budget crisis coupled with widespread prison overcrowding has led many states to address critical challenges in the areas such as sentencing, drug policy, parole revocation, racial justice, disenfranchisement, juvenile justice, and education.”
Civil Bench and Jury Trials in State Courts, 2005 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, October, 2008
“The total number of civil trials declined by over 50% from 1992 to 2005 in the nation’s 75 most populous counties.”
State Court Processing of Domestic Violence Cases [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, February, 2008
“Prosecuted domestic sexual assault defendants had a higher overall conviction rate (98%) than prosecuted non-domestic sexual assault defendants (87%).”
State Court Organization, 1987-2004 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, October, 2007
“The report examines changes in the organization and operations of the Nation’s state trial and appellate courts [from 1987-2004].”
Felony Sentences in the United States, 1994 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, July, 2007
“Between 1992 and 1994 the number of felony convictions decreased 2% in State courts and 5% in Federal courts.”
An Analysis of the Performance of Federal Indigent Defense Counsel [PDF]
National Bureau of Economic Research, June, 2007
“The federal indigent defense system relies on both salaried government workers... and hourly-wage earning court-appointed private [CJA] attorneys.... Defendants with CJA ... attorneys are... more likely to be found guilty and... receive longer sentences.”
State Court Organization, 2004 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, August, 2006
Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2002 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, February, 2006
“Eighty-two percent of defendants were male, including 90% or more of those charged with rape (99%), a weapons offense (96%), murder (93%), or robbery (90%). The percentage of female defendants increased from 14% in 1990 to 18% in 1998...”
(Presents data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the Nation's 75 largest counties during May 2002.)
U. S. Sentencing Commission 2006 Annual Report
United States Setencing Commission, 2006
“During 2006, the racial/ethnic composition (of federal offenders sentenced) was - White 29.1 percent; Black 23.8 percent; and Hispanic 43.1 percent.”
Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts, 2002-03 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, July, 2005
Tort Trials and Verdicts in Large Counties, 2001 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 2004
United States Sentencing Guidelines 2004: An Experiment That Has Failed,
American College of Trial Lawyers, September, 2004
Civil Trial Cases and Verdicts in Large Counties, 2001 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, April, 2004
Medical Malpractice Trials and Verdicts in Large Counties, 2001 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, April, 2004
In Defense of Public Access to Justice: An Assessment of Trial-Level Indigent Defense Services in Louisiana 40 Years After Gideon, [PDF]
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, March, 2004
Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2000 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, December, 2003
Judicial Democracy [PDF]
Council of State Governments, October, 2003
(trends in judicial elections)
Breaking the Rules: Who suffers when a prosecutor is cited for misconduct?,
Center for Public Integrity, June, 2003
(includes online database of cases)
Felony Sentences in State Courts, 2000 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, June, 2003
Justice in Jeopardy: Report of the American Bar Association Commission on the 21st Century Judiciary, [PDF]
American Bar Association, June, 2003
Report on Racial and Gender Bias in the Pennsylvania Judicial System
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, March, 2003
Assembly Line Justice: Mississippi's Indigent Defense Crisis, [PDF]
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, February, 2003
If you cannot afford a lawyer...: A report on Georgia's failed indigent defense system, [PDF]
Southern Center for Human Rights, February, 2003
State Court Prosecutors in Small Districts, 2001 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, January, 2003
Prosecutors in State Courts 2001, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, May, 2002
“Number of full-time prosecutors grows in nation's State court systems”
Public Funding of Judicial Elections: Financing Campaigns for Fair and Impartial Courts, [PDF]
Brennan Center, 2002
State Court Prosecutors in Large Districts, 2001 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, December, 2001
Prisoner Petitions Filed in U.S. District Courts, 2000: With Trends, 1980-2000, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, December, 2001
(Pages 2 and 3 track how Congress has cut prisoner's access to the courts)
State Court Sentencing of Convicted Felons, 1998 Statistical Tables, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, December, 2001
Federal Criminal Case Processing, 2000: With trends 1982-2000, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 2001
Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 1998 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 2001
“36% of felony defendants detained prior to case disposition”
State-Funded Indigent Defense Services, 1999 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 2001
Federal Criminal Appeals, 1999, with Trends 1985-99 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, April, 2001
“Describes the increase in the appellate caseload as a result of challenges to the sentence imposed.”
Muting Gideon's Trumpet: The Crisis in Indigent Criminal Defense in Texas,
Committee on Legal Services to the Poor on Criminal Matters, February, 2001
Promises to Keep: Achieving Fairness and Equal Justice for the Poor in Criminal Cases, [PDF]
Southern Center for Human Rights, November, 2000
Indigent Defense Services in Large Counties, 1999 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 2000
Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 2000
“Two of three felony defendants represented by publicly-financed counsel”
State Court Organization 1998 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, June, 2000
Elected Judges and the Death Penalty in Texas: Why Full Habeas Corpus Review by Independent Federal Judges Is Indispensable to Protecting Constitutional Rights, [PDF]
Stephen B. Bright, 2000
Death in Texas: Not even a pretense of fairness,
Stephen B. Bright, July, 1999
Neither Equal Nor Just: The Rationing and Denial of Legal Services to the Poor When Life and Liberty Are at Stake, [PDF]
Stephen B. Bright, 1999
Can Judicial Independence be Attained in the South? Overcoming History, Elections, and Misperceptions About the Role of the Judiciary, [PDF]
Stephen B. Bright, July, 1998
Indigent Defense [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, February, 1996
Federal Habeas Corpus Review: Challenging State Court Criminal Convictions, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 1995
(samples cases in 18 courts in 9 states)
Spouse Murder Defendants in Large Urban Counties [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, May, 1995
Judges and the Politics of Death: Deciding Between the Bill of Rights and the Next Election in Capital Cases, [PDF]
Stephen B. Bright, 1995
Counsel for the Poor: The Death Sentence Not for the Worst Crime but for the Worst Lawyer, [PDF]
Stephen B. Bright, May, 1994

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