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Texas Fair Defense Project

The documents and links below provide background and practical information related to the Texas Fair Defense Act and its implementation.

Information About the Texas Fair Defense Act and indigent defense reform in Texas

	On October 28, 2003 the Equal Justice Center and Texas Defender Service released a new Report on Texas Capital Defense Procedures The report evaluates the procedures adopted in the state for appointing defense counsel in death penalty cases.
	EJC helps to ensure that Texas indigent defense reforms survive the recent legislative session intact. See Final Report on Indigent Defense in the 78th Texas Legislature.
	Fact sheet and table comparing state and county spending on indigent defense in Texas to spending in other comparable states.
	Equal Justice Center examines actual implementation of the Fair Defense Act in Lubbock and Wood Counties
	EJC co-sponsors successful Forum on Cost Effective Indigent Defense Systems in Texas (September 2002)
	Texas Bar Journal article (December 2002) about the Forum on Cost Effective Indigent Defense Systems in Texas
	Summary of Fair Defense Act Implementation So Far (August 2002)
	Report on the Quality of County Indigent Defense Plans (March 2002)
	Article: Texas Enacts Landmark Reforms, Criminal Justice magazine -American Bar Association (Fall 2001)
	Updated summary of Key Provisions of the Fair Defense Act
	Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Texas Fair Defense Act
	The Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense held its second meeting on March 22, 2002. Click here to see a summary report of the March 22, 2002 meeting. Click here to see a summary of the Feb. 21, 2002 meeting .
	Who sits on the Task Force on Indigent Defense?
	Version 1.3 (update) Sample Local Rules to Implement the Fair Defense Act
	Fair Defense Act Requirements for "Alternative Programs" for appointing counsel.
	The Texas Appleseed Fair Defense Report analyzes indigent defense practices in Texas prior to the Fair Defense Act reforms.

Articles About the Fair Defense Act

Click here to see articles related to the implementation of the Fair Defense Act

Helpful Indigent Defense Links

	The Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense
	State Bar of Texas Committee on Provision of Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters
	The Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System are a concise summary of the basic principles underlying strong, modern indigent defense systems.
	State Bar of Texas Indigent Defense Standards
	U.S. Department of Justice: Compendium of Standards for Indigent Defense, a comprehensive comparison of indigent defense standards from across the nation
	U.S. Department of Justice Report on Contracting for Indigent Defense Services
	U.S. Department of Justice: Office of Justice Programs, indigent defense site
	The Spangenberg Group, nationally recognized expert consultants on indigent defense
	National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers indigent defense site
	American Bar Association indigent defense site
	The National Legal Aid and Defender Association indigent defense site