The Biden administration's new $6 million office to narrow inequality in the justice system has hired as its director a former public defender who says "Oftentimes justice may mean never filing a case." The veteran attorney will lead the Office for Access to Justice, established after a Department of Justice probe found significant gaps in equal access to justice for racial minorities and inequities that the agency claims were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"There can be no equal justice without equal access to justice," Attorney General Merrick Garland proclaimed when launching the ATJ last fall as a standalone DOJ post with a staff of eight that includes six attorneys.
This will be accomplished by developing new tools to reduce the justice gap, breaking down existing silos to advance the most innovative solutions across all levels of government and several other priority areas, which include the following: Environmental justice, indigent defense, pursuing racial equity, fostering health justice and medical legal partnerships in the wake of COVID-19, expanding legal representation in immigration proceedings, self-help court programs and ensuring economic opportunity and fairness.
"The Department of Justice and the Department of Equal Justice are the same thing," according to the report of the probe.
"There can be no full achievement of the rule of law, safety, or civil rights without it. And there can be no equal justice without equal access to justice."
Just weeks ago, the DOJ issued a Justice Equity Action Plan as part of the Biden administration's broad effort to help marginalized communities.
That will help "Avoid unwarranted disparities, promote fair outcomes in sentencing, and seek justice in every case," according to the new Biden administration plan.
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