Virginia Assessment

Virginia: An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings (October 2002)

Summaries and Press Releases:

Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center & JustChildren Program Press Release

News Coverage:

• Juvenile system flawed?
  Richmond Times-Dispatch
  October 2, 2002

• Toss a lifetime to Virginia’s juveniles
  The Roanoke Times
  October 3, 2002

• National Public Radio, Charlottesville ran coverage every hour early on October 3, 2002 documenting the release of the report

• Report: Juvenile procedure ‘flawed’
  Lynchburg News and Advance
  October, 6, 2002

• Report: Justice System Fails Juveniles; Criticisms Don’t Apply to Local Court System, Attorneys and Judge Say
  The Winchester Star
  October 21, 2002

• Opinion/Editorial: Juvenile Justice
  Richmond Times Dispatch
  October 21, 2002

• Legal system shortchanges Virginia’s indigent youth
  The Viginian-Pilot
  November 6, 2002