Gideon Turns 60: Advancing the Right to Counsel for Kids in Cuyahoga County

In “Gideon at Sixty: Advancing the Right to Counsel for Kids in Cuyahoga County,” Wren investigated juvenile defense in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 

​Wren recommends that the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court appoint the public defender to represent all children facing delinquency charges, and that the public defender, rather than the court, determine when assigned counsel is needed. Wren also recommends that the county increase the training and oversight of its private attorneys and establish new assignment systems that are independent of the judiciary.

Read the report here, or click below to download a PDF.

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