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Study says that "Public Defenders Often are Just as Effective as Private Counsel"

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

On ABAJ.com: Public Defenders Often are Just as Effective as Private Counsel, Study Says, by Martha Neil: A study of Chicago-area courts found that public defenders often are just as effective as private lawyers in persuading judges to grant bail, accept plea bargains and sentence defendants appropriately. But for some defendants, the study found, retaining a private lawyer may be money well-spent, according to Miller-McCune. The bimonthly magazine, which focuses on public policy and academic researched, is published by the Miller-McCune Center, a nonprofit in Santa Barbara, Calif. For white defendants, having a private lawyer makes it 2.7 times more likely that they will get bail. And black defendants with a private lawyer are twice as likely to get the original charge reduced, the article reports.continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on August 26, 2010 (boomark / email).