Will she work to provide adequate legal counsel and fair court hearings on violations of constitutional rights?

It is clear that a defendant must have adequate counsel in order to vindicate and protect his fundamental right to liberty.

The ruling was appealed on the grounds that the group was not provided adequate legal counsel.

If it was about fairness, you'd think there'd be a session on providing adequate counsel, but that's not on the agenda.

The group found that the system was corroded with prosecutorial misconduct, racial bias and a failure to provide adequate counsel to indigent capital defendants.

But it will also include language advocating that people facing the death sentence have access to DNA testing and adequate counsel.

And Judge Niemeyer acknowledged that it was something of a close call to find that Wiggins had adequate counsel.

Another question springs from the notorious failure of many states to provide adequate legal counsel for capital trials.

Society, no less than the accused, needs safeguards like adequate legal counsel, court review under fair standards of proof and guarantees of fairly selected juries.

At a time when jails and courtrooms across the nation are jammed, providing adequate counsel for suspects who cannot afford a lawyer is a common problem.