Sec. 2. Purposes

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The purposes of this Act are— to protect the constitutional rights to due process and a fair criminal prosecution under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, including the right to counsel, in State and local courts, as articulated by the Supreme Court of the United States in Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), and its progeny; to protect the right to counsel for juveniles in delinquency proceedings, including the determination of whether a juvenile should be tried as an adult, under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as articulated by the Supreme Court in In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967); to collect data related to public defense in order to facilitate evidence-based reforms and improvements; and to ensure that compensation for public defenders and panel attorneys reflects the constitutional guarantee of the right to counsel and does not disincentivize attorneys from pursuing a career in public defense.

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