The Advocate provides education and research for persons serving indigent clients in order to improve client representation and insure fair process and reliable results for those whose life or liberty is at risk. It educates criminal justice professionals and the public on its work, mission and values.

The Advocate is a bi-monthly (January, March, May, July, September, November) publication of the Department of Public Advocacy, an independent agency within the Public Protection and Regulation Cabinet. Opinions expressed in articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of DPA. The Advocate welcomes correspondence on subjects covered by it. If you have an article our readers will find of interest, type a short outline or general description and send it to the Editor.

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EDITORS:

Edward C. Monahan, Editor: 1984 – present
Erwin W. Lewis, Editor: 1978-1983
Patti Heying, Graphics, Design, Layout
Will Hilyerd, Web Edition Conversion & Layout

Contributing Editors:

Rebecca DiLoreto – Juvenile Law
Dan Goyette – Ethics
Bob Hubbard – Retrospection
Ernie Lewis – Plain View
Dave Norat – Ask Corrections
Julia Pearson – Capital Case Review
Jeff Sherr - District Court

Paid for by State Funds. KRS 57.375 & donations.
 

Under Protecting Our People, the Governor has 3 major funding priorities listed in the following order:  Public Advocacy, Juvenile Justice, and Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault.  The unprecedented support of DPA’s funding needs is a tribute to the leadership of The Blue Ribbon Group on Improving Indigent Defense for the 21st Century, the Public Advocacy Commission and Public Advocate Ernie Lewis.  The one page summary of Governor Patton’s request for funding for public advocacy appears on page 4 of this issue.

A major initiative of DPA in the 2000 General Assembly is House Bill 311 which would eliminate the death penalty for juveniles.  It is sponsored by Representative Eleanor Jordan with co-sponsors Bob Heleringer and Mary Lou Marzian.  It is supported by the Department of Juvenile Justice.  We present in this issue many of the facts about the death penalty and juveniles.