The Defender: The Battle to Protect the Rights of the Accused in Philadelphia
Autor Edward W. Madeira Jr., Michael D. Schafferen Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 noi 2020
When the Supreme Court’s 1963 decision Gideonv. Wainwright mandated free counsel for indigent defendants, the Defender (as it is now known) became more essential than ever, representing at least 70 percent of those caught in the machinery of justice in the city. Its groundbreaking work in juvenile advocacy, homicide representation, death-row habeas corpus petitions, parole issues, and alternative sentencing has earned a national reputation.
In The Defender, Edward Madeira, past president of the Defender’s Board of Directors, and former Philadelphia Inquirer journalist Michael Schaffer chart the 80-plus-year history of the organization as it grew from two lawyers in 1934 to a staff of nearly 500 in 2015.
This is a compelling story about securing justice for those who need it most.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781439918524
ISBN-10: 143991852X
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 11 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Temple University Press
Colecția Temple University Press
ISBN-10: 143991852X
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 11 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Temple University Press
Colecția Temple University Press
Recenzii
“Ned Madeira, esteemed member of the Philadelphia Bar for more than six decades, and journalist Michael Schaffer have crafted an eminently readable history of the Defender Association of Philadelphia. The Association’s record of providing counsel for Philadelphia defendants in need predates, by decades, the Supreme Court’s 1963 decision in Gideon recognizing a right to counsel in all state criminal prosecutions. Through interviews, anecdotes, and records, Madeira and Schaffer recount the experiences that forged today’s modern, respected Defender Association. This narrative of determination and dedication is especially timely as America is being challenged to reexamine many facets of its criminal justice system.”—The Honorable Thomas G. Saylor, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
“The Defender Association of Philadelphia, one of the nation’s best public defender offices, revolutionized the practice of law by establishing model training programs for new lawyers, dramatically expanding diversion programs, and creating an entirely new practice surrounding alternative sentencing. The authors also recount instances, such as the ‘Grandpop Squad’ arrests of the early 1980s, where the Defender Association uncovered and helped put an end to illegal police practices whose victims, then and now, almost invariably were drawn from the Defender’s client base. Thus, The Defender convincingly shows how the foundation for today’s criminal justice and police reform movements can be discovered in the evolution of a public defender office that expanded its mandate well beyond the traditional representation of individual defendants in individual cases.”—Robert Listenbee, First Assistant District Attorney of Philadelphia, former administrator of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and former Chief of the Juvenile Unit of the Defender Association
“As a young Assistant District Attorney, my first assignment was midnight to 8 a.m. at the police arraignment court. Often, the magistrate would tell the defendant that he was appointing the public defender to represent him, and he would reply, ‘But, your honor, I want a real lawyer.’ In fact, as I learned in the 14 years that I spent in the District Attorney’s office, the Philadelphia Public Defender Association had some of the very best lawyers in the city. Their representation was almost universally competent, effective, and driven only by their desire to provide justice to the defendant. They do important work, and the story of the Defender Association is particularly relevant in today’s climate where there is a desire to seek criminal justice reform.”—Edward G. Rendell, former Governor of Pennsylvania
“The book [is] revelatory. The Defender traces the history of the office leader by leader–and the achievements of individuals such as Vince Ziccardi, Ben Lerner, Ellen Greenlee, and now Keir Bradford-Grey, are the touchstones for recounting the triumphs and tribulations of a storied office.”— Advocacy and Evidence Resources Review
"In The Defender, Madeira and Schaeffer piece together the strands that eventually portray the Defender, as the organization is widely known, as a coherent, functioning organization serving well the legal and other needs of poor defendants appearing in the city’s courts. The Defender has a significant history of extensive services directed at keeping defendants out of jail and planning for their release, whether from pretrial detention or on parole. Key to these achievements, Madeira and Schaeffer chronicle 'the unique stream of leadership' that ferried and propelled the Defender through periods of professional skepticism, fiscal crisis, and staffing limits. Notably, Madeira and Schaeffer also trace the Defender’s holistic defense work."—Journal of Community Corrections
“The Defender provides a much-needed institutional history of the Defender Association, the primary provider of indigent defense within the city of Philadelphia and, throughout its existence, one of the most highly regarded defender organizations in the country.... The Defender is an indispensable reference and will provide a definitive resource for future research on this important Philadelphia organization.”—Pennyslvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
“The Defender Association of Philadelphia, one of the nation’s best public defender offices, revolutionized the practice of law by establishing model training programs for new lawyers, dramatically expanding diversion programs, and creating an entirely new practice surrounding alternative sentencing. The authors also recount instances, such as the ‘Grandpop Squad’ arrests of the early 1980s, where the Defender Association uncovered and helped put an end to illegal police practices whose victims, then and now, almost invariably were drawn from the Defender’s client base. Thus, The Defender convincingly shows how the foundation for today’s criminal justice and police reform movements can be discovered in the evolution of a public defender office that expanded its mandate well beyond the traditional representation of individual defendants in individual cases.”—Robert Listenbee, First Assistant District Attorney of Philadelphia, former administrator of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and former Chief of the Juvenile Unit of the Defender Association
“As a young Assistant District Attorney, my first assignment was midnight to 8 a.m. at the police arraignment court. Often, the magistrate would tell the defendant that he was appointing the public defender to represent him, and he would reply, ‘But, your honor, I want a real lawyer.’ In fact, as I learned in the 14 years that I spent in the District Attorney’s office, the Philadelphia Public Defender Association had some of the very best lawyers in the city. Their representation was almost universally competent, effective, and driven only by their desire to provide justice to the defendant. They do important work, and the story of the Defender Association is particularly relevant in today’s climate where there is a desire to seek criminal justice reform.”—Edward G. Rendell, former Governor of Pennsylvania
“The book [is] revelatory. The Defender traces the history of the office leader by leader–and the achievements of individuals such as Vince Ziccardi, Ben Lerner, Ellen Greenlee, and now Keir Bradford-Grey, are the touchstones for recounting the triumphs and tribulations of a storied office.”— Advocacy and Evidence Resources Review
"In The Defender, Madeira and Schaeffer piece together the strands that eventually portray the Defender, as the organization is widely known, as a coherent, functioning organization serving well the legal and other needs of poor defendants appearing in the city’s courts. The Defender has a significant history of extensive services directed at keeping defendants out of jail and planning for their release, whether from pretrial detention or on parole. Key to these achievements, Madeira and Schaeffer chronicle 'the unique stream of leadership' that ferried and propelled the Defender through periods of professional skepticism, fiscal crisis, and staffing limits. Notably, Madeira and Schaeffer also trace the Defender’s holistic defense work."—Journal of Community Corrections
“The Defender provides a much-needed institutional history of the Defender Association, the primary provider of indigent defense within the city of Philadelphia and, throughout its existence, one of the most highly regarded defender organizations in the country.... The Defender is an indispensable reference and will provide a definitive resource for future research on this important Philadelphia organization.”—Pennyslvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
Notă biografică
Edward W. Madeira Jr. (1928-2020)practiced law in Philadelphia for more than 60 years and is the Retired Chair Emeritus of Pepper Hamilton. As a young lawyer, he worked as a volunteer public defender, on loan from Pepper Hamilton to the Defender Association of Philadelphia. He was a member of the Defender’s Board of Directors from 1958 to 2016 and was Chairman of the Board from 1973 to 1998. Michael D. Schaffer held a variety of reporting and editing posts at The Philadelphia Inquirer, including Book Review Editor, before retiring from the newspaper at the end of 2014. He worked at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution before becoming a journalist. He is the co-author of two books, “The Dye Is Now Cast,”: The Road to American Independence, 1774-1776 published by the Smithsonian Institution as part of its Bicentennial observance, and 1787: Inventing America: A Day-by-Day Account of the Constitutional Convention.