Notable Recent Publications features the latest empirical research and data related to indigent/public defense. If you have suggestions, ideas for work that should be included, or trouble accessing any of the articles featured, please write to Venita Embry at vembry@rti.org . Articles Davies, A., Sirivore, S., & Smiegocki, V. (2025). If you cannot afford an attorney, none will be appointed for you: Exploring rates of representation by counsel in Texas misdemeanor courts. Journal of Criminal Justice & Law, Volume 8, Issue 2. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4696942 All misdemeanor defendants in the United States have the right to be represented by a lawyer if they are facing the possibility of incarceration. Yet implementation of that right is often left to local policymakers, and rates of non-representation (defendants proceeding without lawyers) vary enormously. Through an examination of data from Texas counties in 2019, we f...
A virtual, interdisciplinary community of practitioners, researchers, funders, and policy analysts who care about using data to improve public defense.