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Juvenile Public Defender 
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| Juvenile Public Defender | ||
| Public Defender | ||
| Office responsible for providing attorneys for juveniles accused of crimes | ||
| Organization | Key: jvpd - Created: 2/16/07 - Last Modified: Mar 3, 2007 | |
| Delinquency | ||
http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/public_defender/index.htm | ||
Social worker → Colleen Witt Deputy and head of the department → Susan Roske Deputy → Michael Yohay Deputy → William Gonzalez Deputy → Jessica Murphy Deputy → Karen Brasier Deputy → Kerri Maxey Deputy → Jacqueline Carman Deputy → Gail Curtis Deputy → Ralph Baker Deputy → Elena Martinez Former deputy → Robert Amundson Deputy → Gloria Garcia Assigned to → Courtroom 16  Assigned to → Courtroom 17 Assigned to → Courtroom 18 Trial opponent of → District Attorney - Juvenile Division  Funded by → Clark County Government Compare to → Conflict Attorneys for Juvenile Delinquency  | ||
Relationships: (not listed above) |
ACLU of Nevada (instrumental in expanding→Juvenile Public Defender) Nikki Avilez (social worker→Juvenile Public Defender)Boyd School of Law (trained much of the staff at→Juvenile Public Defender)Chris Fox (social worker→Juvenile Public Defender)Jennifer Fraser (deputy→Juvenile Public Defender)Gail Levitt (social worker→Juvenile Public Defender)Marisela Quintero (social worker→Juvenile Public Defender)James H. Robison (deputy→Juvenile Public Defender)Senate Bill 14 (2007)  (opposed in original form by→Juvenile Public Defender)Clark County Special Public Defender (not affiliated with→Juvenile Public Defender) | |
| "Juvenile Public Defender" |
"Juvenile Public Defender"+"Las Vegas" | ||
| Review-Journal
R-J Info |
Las Vegas Sun | ||
| 7/14/07 | Relevant to: | Public Defenders Get Better Marks on Salary |
| 12/21/07 | Relevant to: | Indigent defense reforms discussed: Proposed caseload caps garner most attention at hearing |
| 1/30/08 | Party to case: | Nevada Law on Court Process For Juveniles Challenged |
(See also
Juvenile Customer Service
Representative in Glossary.)
Free, county-funded attorneys assigned to most
defendents in Juvenile
Court.
Prior to 2003, this office was one of the most
overburdened in the country (See
report (pdf, 2003).), with only two
attorneys handling many times the number of cases
as the national standard.
(A report stated: "Juvenile representation is beyond the crisis point and requires immediate attention to avert constitutional challenges of ineffective assistance of counsel.")
Today there are
13 attorneys handling about twice the recommended
standard (roughly 400 cases per attorney per year).
Articles:
Critical report (4/3/03),
Fee plan suggested (4/11/03).
ACLU threatens lawsuit (7/9/04),
Funding increased (8/18/04),
R-J article search.
The office is headed by Susan Roske
and
consists of about 12 attorneys
2 investigators,
5 social workers and 5 full-time clerical staff.
A sign at the front desk of their office has some
suitably paranoid advice
for their clients:
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YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT ANYTHING YOU SAY WILL BE MISQUOTED THEN USED AGAINST YOU |
| Comments from the Webmaster |
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The defendants may be "juvenile", but their
defense is taken very seriously. A youth may be
charged with a relatively trivial offense or a
very serious one—anything short of murder,
which is usually bumped up to adult court.
Teenage prostitutes are a significant part of the PD
caseload, as well as mostly low-level drug offenses,
testosterone-fueled violence,
and stupid, impulsive
crimes of all kinds.
(Not much premeditated or White Collar crime here.)
The PD is
concerned not only with preventing wrongful
conviction but also assuring that the child's
needs are addressed if he is convicted. Generally speaking, society wants wayward youth to burn in Hell. Hooligans, they are, in need of maximum punishment. "Spare the rod and spoil the child." The job of the JVPD is to resist this pressure. These are children in need of a second chance (and sometimes third, fourth and fifth chances) and some way to address their underlying problems.
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The Juvenile Public Defender's office is not a Mickey Mouse operation,
although some of the more youthful-looking PD's may have difficulty
convincing defendents and their parents that
"Yes, I'm a real attorney."