SCHR: The Right to a Lawyer for People Accused of Crimes
or in Prison (Indigent Defense), Articles and Reports

	Turning Celebrated Principles into Reality by Stephen B. Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights - The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, January/February, 2003 HTML Document
	"If you cannot afford a lawyer ...": A report on Georgia's failed indigent defense system This report supplements our November 2000 report, Promises to Keep (see below), and adds to the growing body of information collected by the Chief Justice's Commission on Indigent Defense, the media, a consulting group, and other sources about the distance between the representation required to have a just and reliable adversary system, and the representation actually provided. by the Southern Center for Human Rights - 69 pages January 2003 PDF - 378 KB
	Promises to Keep: Achieving Fairness and Equal Justice for the Poor in Criminal Cases A preliminary report on Georgia's compliance with the Constitutions of Georgia and the United States in providing representation to poor people accused of crimes. by the Southern Center for Human Rights - 22 pages November 2000 PDF - 75 KB

	Death in Texas by Stephen B. Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights - The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, July, 1999 HTML Document

	Counsel for the Poor: The Death Sentence Not for the Worst Crime but for the Worst Lawyer by Stephen B. Bright - 48 pages May 1994 PDF - 209 KB Word Document - 215 KB

	Neither Equal Nor Just: The Rationing and Denial of Legal Services to the Poor When Life and Liberty Are at Stake by Stephen B. Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights - New York University School of Law Annual Survey of American Law, Volume 1997, page 783 (published in 1999) PDF - 206 KB Word Document - 345 KB

An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings by the American Bar Association and the Southern Center for Human Rights - 57 pages July 2001 PDF - 6,229 KB

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