The March 2004 edition of The Spangenberg Report includes valuable information on criminal justice reforms from around the country, including death penalty developments. An examination of Georgia’s new Public Defender Standards Council and its efforts to overhaul indigent defense services in the state, results from a Spangenberg Group study of indigent defense in Virginia, the findings of a death penalty cost review in Kansas, and additional state updates from Illinois, Texas, Minnesota, and Massachusetts are among the items highlighted in the report. A summation of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s remarks during the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco and a discussion of the Supreme Court’s decision to review the constitutionality of the juvenile death penalty are also provided. The Spangenberg Report is published by The Spangenberg Group, a nationally recognized research and consulting firm specializing in improving justice programs. (The Spangenberg Report, March 2004) See Resources.