S2 Ep48: Jake Bird & Inadequate Legal Representation

This week we are featuring our first ever Patron picked episode! Thank you Katy Bjorkman, you lovely Dream Maker, for this week's topic! We start by telling the story of serial killer Jake Bird, and then shift into an explanation on inadequate legal representation. We cover three facets that contribute to the issue; lack of funding, lack of ethical standards, and racial biases & discrimination. Sources http://courts.mrsc.org/supreme/031wn2d/031wn2d0777.htm https://www.historylink.org/File/7971 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Bird https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bird-jake.htm https://www.aclu.org/other/inadequate-representation https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/death-penalty-representation https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/death-penalty-representation/law-regarding-capital-representation https://innocenceproject.org/causes/inadequate-defense/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/27977409 https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/76th2011/ExhibitDocument/OpenExhibitDocument?exhibitId=17686&fileDownloadName=h041211ab501_pescetta.pdf https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/594244-its-time-for-congress-to-step-up-funding-for-the-legal-services/ https://www.aclu.org/other/race-and-death-penalty https://www.bamsl.org/?pg=LegalAid