Criminal
Sep. 27, 2000
Professor Urges Law Classes on Capital Cases
A San Diego law school professor is asking law schools to rethink their training of lawyers who handle capital cases, citing the fact that two-thirds of death penalty convictions nationwide are overturned on appeal - often because of serious errors by incompetent defense lawyers, overzealous police officers or prosecutors who withhold evidence.
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