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Military Law

Dec. 25, 2009

Comprehensive Legal Care for Veterans

Adam Siegler of the Siegler Law Group says efforts to provide veterans with legal assistance must be brought together under one system.

By Adam Siegler

A few weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Porter v. McCollum, a death penalty case arising out of a double murder in Florida. The Court reversed and remanded, holding that George Porter's counsel had been ineffective because he had failed to introduce evidence that Porter was a decorated combat Veteran who had suffered such severe psychological problems that he would use knives to try to climb the walls of his house. Porter had fo...

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