Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice Amicus Brief, Farella v. Anglin

From the introduction:

“A subset of the research that has been conducted on the effects of counsel at first appearance in criminal cases examines the effects of providing counsel to individual defendants on the system itself, rather than the effects on the individuals. As discussed below, this research shows that providing counsel at first appearance can improve qualitative assessments of fairness within the system, reduce racial disparities in pretrial detention, and conserve state resources by lowering pretrial detention rates and reducing recidivism. “