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20130213-144517-PA

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Submitted by Joselle Shea on
TTA Description

As the Luzerne County "kids for cash" scandal demonstrated, Pennsylvania's county funded indigent defense delivery system is failing to meet the needs of their communites and the requirements of 21st century effective legal assistance of counsel. Pennsylvania remains the ONLY STATE that provides NO general fund appropriations to support U.S. Supreme Court mandated legal representation services for adults and children facing loss of liberty. Pennsylvania fails to meet the American Bar Association's Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System (2002), which results in delays for victims's case finality, costs to taxpayers, and over incarceration of possibly innocent adults and children.

TTA Short Name (DEPRECATED)
American Council of Chief Public Defenders Meeting Attendance Support
Status of TTA activity
Canceled
Type of Recipient Entity
Other
Please describe the "Other" type of agency
Philadelphia County non-profit public defender agency in state trial and appellate court system and the federal community public defender office for the federal Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Also the County civil and criminal mental health advocate and the Philadelphia Child Advocate office.
TTA Title (DEPRECATED)
American Council of Chief Public Defenders Meeting Attendance Support
TTA Point of Contact
Christina Horst
Please describe the "Other" type of target audience

County funded chief public defenders who lead public defender offices and run county agencies througout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Field Type
Other
County
Philadelphia County
TTA Program Area
Adjudication/Courts
TTA Source
Field-Initiated
Nationwide scope of TTA
No
Primary Recipient Agency Name
Defender Association of Philadelphia
Primary Recipient Email Address
EGreenlee@Philadefender.org
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