Current Issues

Reports

• ABA Report: Evaluating Fairness and Accuracy In State Death Penalty Systems: The Kentucky Death Penalty Assessment Report
• KBA Task Force on the Provision and Compensation of Conflict Counsel for Indigents Report [pdf 348KB]
• FY11 DPA Annual Report [pdf 3.5MB]
• FY10 DPA Annual Report [pdf 2.5MB]
• FY 09 DPA Annual Report [pdf 1646 K]
• FY 08 DPA Annual Litigation Report [pdf 2.8 MB]
• 2007 Annual Defender Caseload Report [pdf 3.14MB]
• Justice Jeopardized Report - 2005 [pdf 403KB]
• Blue Ribbon Group - 1999 [pdf 225KB]
• Report on Task Force on the Penal Code and Controlled Substances Act [pdf 380KB]
• Pew Center - Kentucky: A Data-Driven Effort to Protect Public Safety and Control Corrections Spending [pdf 197KB]

Resolutions & Opinions

• KBA Task Force on the Provision and Compensation of Conflict Counsel for Indigents Resolution [pdf 92KB]
• Kentucky Bar Association Resolution Recognizing Excessive Caseloads and Requesting Funding. [pdf.113KB]
• ABA Ethics Opinion [pdf. 72KB] regarding public defender workloads.
• American Council of Chief Defenders and National Legal Aid and Defenders Association Ethics Opinion [pdf. 3,345KB] regarding public defender workloads.
• American Councl of Chief Defenders and National Legal Aid and Defenders Association Statement on Caseloads and Workloads [pdf. 176KB].
• FY 08 DPA Annual Litigation Report [pdf 2.8 MB]
• 2007 Annual Defender Caseload Report [pdf 3.14MB]
• Justice Jeopardized Report - 2005 [pdf 403KB]
• Blue Ribbon Group - 1999 [pdf 225KB]