David Carroll

David Carroll is the director and founder of the Sixth Amendment Center (6AC).  The 6AC is a national non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to assisting policymakers meet the constitutional obligation to provide effective right to counsel services to the indigent accused. For more than twenty years Carroll has worked to identify and remedy systemic indigent defense deficiencies. Selected projects include: a) serving as an ex officio member of the Nevada Supreme Court Indigent Defense Commission and the Michigan Governor’s Indigent Defense Advisory Commission; b) evaluating right to counsel systems on behalf of legislatures in Oregon, Maine and Idaho; c) providing technical assistance and assessments to the Tennessee Supreme Court Indigent Defense Representation Task Force, the Utah Judicial Council, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, and, the Mississippi Legislative Public Defender Task Force, all under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance; and, d) testifying on right to counsel issues before the U.S. Congress.