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Pacific Juvenile Defender Center

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“The right to representation by counsel is not a formality. It is not a grudging gesture to a ritualistic requirement. It is of the essence of justice.”

— Kent v. United States, 383 U.S. 541 (1966) 

 

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February 18th, 2010

PJDC Members Attend Department of Justice Symposium on Indigent Defense

PJDC Co-Director Patti Lee and Board Members Sue Burrell, Winston Peters, and Edmund Acoba are among the participants at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Symposium on Indigent Defense in Washington, D.C. on February 18-19, 2010.   U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke in his welcoming remarks of the importance of the work being done by the National Juvenile Defender Center and other organizations advocating for improvements in indigent defense.