Virginia: An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings

Report (October 2002)

Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center & JustChildren Program Press Release

Please review a selection of news coverage of this report's release:

  • Juvenile system flawed?
    Richmond Times-Dispatch
    October 2, 2002
  • Toss a lifetime to Virginia's juveniles
    The Roanoke Times
    October 3, 2002
  • National Public Radio, Charlottesville ran coverage every hour early on October 3, 2002 documenting the release of the report.
  • Report: Juvenile procedure 'flawed'
    Lynchburg News and Advance
    October, 6, 2002
  • Report: Justice System Fails Juveniles
    Criticisms Don’t Apply to Local Court System, Attorneys and Judge Say
    The Winchester Star
    October 21, 2002
  • Opinion Editorial Juvenile Justice
    Richmond Times Dispatch
    October 21, 2002
  • Legal system shortchanges Virginia's indigent youth
    The Viginian-Pilot
    November 6, 2002