Government
Feb. 13, 2007
Stanford Three-Strikes Clinic Is 'Litigation Lab'
Seeing defendants sent to prison for life under the state’s three-strikes law after committing petty crimes, criminal-defense attorney Michael Romano left with professor and criminal-law-reform advocate Lawrence C. Marshall to launch a clinic at Stanford Law School that specializes in three-strikes appeals.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Under California's three-strikes law, petty crimes such as shoplifting a baseball glove, attempting to steal a car radio or writing a bad check can land a repeat offender in prison for life.
Those defendants often do not have access to adequate counsel, especially on appeal.
Seeing an injusti...
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