This Court has long recognized that when a State brings its judicial power to bear on an indigent defendant in a criminal proceeding, it must take steps to assure that the defendant has a fair opportunity to present his defense. This elementary principle, grounded in significant part on the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process guarantee of fundamental fairness, derives from the belief that justice cannot be equal where, simply as a result of his poverty, a defendant is denied the opportunity to participate meaningfully in a judicial proceeding in which his liberty is at stake.Justice Thurgood Marshall,
Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68,76 (1985)

Introduction to Federal Public Defender's Audio Library

09/05/2013 | 13:03 | Dennis Terez, Federal Public Defender

Dennis Terez, Federal Public Defender (NDOH), introduces the new audio library on the Federal Public Defender of Northern Ohio website.

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Introduction to Federal Public Defender's Audio Library