Pennsylvania Assessment

Pennsylvania: An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings (October 2003)

 

Summaries and Press Releases:

One-Page Report Description

American Bar Association Press Release

Juvenile Law Center Press Release

 

 

News Coverage:

• The Malvo Sniper Case and Juvenile Justice
  National Public Radio
  November 10, 2003

• American Bar Association reports explore juvenile defense systems
  The Daily Record of Rochester
  November 7, 2003

• Lawyers for Juveniles
  New York Times
  November 3, 2003

• Report: Pennsylvania Juvenile Defense Lacks Resources, Quality State Needs Uniform System To Ensure Effective Representation, Advocates Say
  Pennsylvania Law Weekly
  November 3, 2003

• Philadelphia Juvenile Defenders Seen as Exception to Pa. Trend
  The Legal Intelligencer
  October 27, 2003

• Campaign 2003: Voters to Choose 3 in Common Pleas Race
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  October 27, 2003

• Report details flawed juvenile justice system
  Patriot-News
  October 26, 2003

• State’s legal aid to troubled children assailed; Allegheny County gets good marks in otherwise dismal report
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  October 23, 2003

• Pa. juvenile offenders face limited legal help, report claims
  Associated Press State & Local Wire
  October 23, 2003