Law Practice
Jan. 23, 2002
Defense Lawyer's Carry Life-or-Death Consequences
Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe, Incompetent defense attorneys in death penalty cases across the United States have caused the execution of innocent people. The stories of defense attorneys in death penalty cases coming to trial drunk or sleeping through the trial have become commonplace. A bill introduced in the Senate by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the Innocence Protection Act of 2001, ensures adequate representation in capital cases throughout the country.
By Jeffrey A. Lowe
Incompetent defense attorneys in death penalty cases across the United States have caused the execution of innocent people. The stories of defense attorneys in death p...
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