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30 Mar 2007, 6:06 am
Although Defending the Damned examines the question of actual innocence, most of the people being defended are guilty as charged. [read post]
13 Mar 2017, 1:06 pm by Paul Rosenzweig
  We defend norms by defending norms, not breaching them. [read post]
29 Dec 2017, 2:23 pm by Ben Luftman
If you have been accused of possessing child pornography, it’s important that you obtain strong legal counsel to defend you against the charges you are facing. [read post]
20 Feb 2014, 3:49 am
People will pay for prisons but not the legal representation to keep people who don't belong in prison out of prison. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 8:31 am by aa110potter
” Some people think that the harsh penalties are reserved for drug kingpins, smugglers and dealers. [read post]
6 May 2007, 6:25 am
But lawyers defending poor people in court have seen improvements this year, and advocates believe the strides are a sign of good things to come. [read post]
30 Dec 2016, 4:00 am by Alice Woolley
Lawyers who defend people accused of sexual assault tend to be subject to one of two narratives in popular conversations, particularly on social media: The critical narrative: Sexual assault is a violent and under reported crime. [read post]
27 Aug 2021, 3:58 am by SHG
We’re all used to the cocktail party question, “How can you defend those people? [read post]
29 Dec 2006, 10:09 pm
When most people think of a battered woman, they think victim. [read post]
5 Mar 2007, 5:34 am
From The Wheeling (West Virginia) Intelligencer:A group of Wheeling lawyers is speaking out against what may be an unfavorable image about a public defender's ability or willingness to present a zealous criminal defense for people who cannot afford paid counsel.The U.S. [read post]
16 Aug 2015, 4:47 pm by Immigration Prof
In this provocative Washington Post op/ed, Raha Jorjani, an immigration defense lawyer with the Office of the Alameda County Public Defender in California, contends that, under the immigrations laws, "Black people in the United States face such racial violence that... [read post]
16 Dec 2022, 7:46 am by David M. Boertje
But perhaps even more concerning is when cruelty and mistreatment come from the very authority figures who are entrusted to protect and defend them. [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 10:50 am
Some people have been saying recently that the government should get its legal advice from someone who is "independent". [read post]
25 Oct 2008, 8:06 am
Significantly, the People made no claim that defendant had not successfully completed the program. [read post]
5 Jan 2007, 4:39 pm
"It's easy when no one's in there," said Tracy Graham, who has worked as a paralegal in the local defender's office for the past six years, "but it's a lobby, so when people walk in you kind of have to stop talking. [read post]
3 Jan 2009, 4:51 am
" The Court in People v Springstead (2008 NY Slip Op 10279 [4th Dept 12/31/08]) agreed with defendant "that his waiver of the right to appeal is invalid inasmuch as the court failed to 'engage[] the defendant in an adequate colloquy to ensure that the waiver of the right to appeal was a knowing and voluntary choice.'" [read post]
20 Feb 2009, 5:46 am by Thomas Swartz
The Court reached a similar issue last year in People v Sparber, 10 NY3d 457 [2008], in which the Court held that post-release supervision is a component element of a sentence of which a defendant must be advised at the time of sentencing.However, here in People v Guerrero, the Court held that the mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee are not part of the defendant's sentence, and thus, a judge need not pronounce them in a… [read post]
30 Mar 2007, 5:38 am
In some counties, the courts operated like assembly lines, with defendants pleading guilty after talking with their appointed lawyers for a few minutes.But some people accuse the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, which runs the system, of spending too much time and money on indigent people. [read post]