Name: Kyle Butler “In
Louisiana, the Poor Lack Legal Defense”
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Source #____ Bibliography
(MLA or APA)
10 pts
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Robertson, C. (2016).
In Louisiana, the Poor Lack Legal Defense. Retrieved October 16, 2016, from
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/us/in-louisiana-the-poor-lack-legal-defense.html?_r=0
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Annotation:
(Describe ALL info. that might be important for your paper. Explain
to the reader and/or summarize what might be found in this source)
35 pts
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Poor cities are losing
funding for public defenders, so the cities end up with an extreme lack of
attorneys. Because people do not have
an attorney, they’re court dates are postponed indefinitely. In the town of Abbeville, LA, the list of
people who are waiting for their public defender is over 2,300 people. Judges are ordering private lawyers to
represent people for free. Courts are reviving
less money. Judges are rushing to
finish cases, one case lasted 1-2 minutes and ended with a 52,000-dollar
bond.
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Potential Quotes:
(Are there any significant quotes you can use or paraphrase
from this source?)
15 pts
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“I’m the public
defender in Vermilion Parish, right now the only public defender,”
“because he had no lawyer, had no court date scheduled for
the foreseeable future”
“The number of tickets filed in Louisiana courts dropped by
more than a quarter between 2009 and 2014”
“Without a lawyer, he cannot make the case for a bail
reduction. Without getting out of jail, he cannot go back to work. And so he
waits.”
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Assessment:
(Analyze and explain why this source is credible)
15 pts
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This source is
credible because of the news company, The New York Times, the statistics used
and quotations of individuals in the community. The article gives information by using a quote
from a man who has gone through the system with no attorney, it gives the
statistics on how many districts in LA have attorney waiting lists, 7 of 42,
and how many people are on those lists, 2300. The article also uses well
known and respected people, for example the Orleans Parish chief public
defender is quoted in the article.
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Reflection:
(How will you potentially use it?)
25 pts
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I will use this article
to say why you should or shouldn’t go in law and what the possible future is
for any lawyer. This article points
out how even private attorneys are at risk of being affected by the state’s
lack of funding, which being the area I want to go into, is a big issue. The article also shows how unfair the
justice system can be and how people go with an unfair trial that is biased
against them, solely for the purpose of saving time and money.
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