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Letters to the Editor

Apr. 1, 2012

Letters

Thankless, Pointless
I do not handle death penalty cases, out of personal conviction. My second reason is "ineffective assistance of counsel" ["Second Guesses," January]. You work your butt off to save your client; you're underpaid; you lose business because you're too busy; and then when it's over come the accusations of being ineffective. Why be an enabler in assisting the gov...

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