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State Bar & Bar Associations

Sep. 19, 2000

Getting Away With Murder

By Ira L. Shafiroff. Should society allow a convicted killer to become an attorney? In a morally questionable opinion, the California Supreme Court in In Re Eben Gossage, 23 Cal.4th 1080 (2000) stated that although such an applicant bears a "heavy burden" to prove rehabilitation, it is indeed possible.

        By Ira L. Shafiroff
        
        Should society allow a convicted killer to become an attorney? In a morally questionable opinion, the California Supreme Court in In Re Eben Gossage, 23 Cal.4th 1080 (2000) stated that although such an applicant bears a "heavy burden" to prove rehabilitation, it is indeed possible.
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