Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a 2001 speech said she'd never seen a death penalty case in which the defendant was well-represented.Many can't afford good lawyers' fees, and financiers aren't exactly banging down their cell doors to help them.But the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. [read post]

. Areas of Law Included:   Corrections Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Judiciary Law and Penal Law. The following is sorted alphabetically by area of law: Bill No.  A3747 Ortiz -- Directs the commissioner of correctional services to promulgate rules and regulations providing for inmate reimbursement of expenses of confinement in certain instancesSUMM : Add S601-d, Cor L Directs the commissioner of correctional… [read post]

Criminal Sanction Impact.01/10/07 referred to codes LAW / CRIM-PROCA1542 Bradley (MS) -- Relates to the payment of a fee for polygraph and related services by persons sentenced to probation following convictions for sex offense crimesSUMM : Add S246-a, Exec L; amd S65.10, Pen L Relates to the payment of a fee for polygraph and related services by persons sentenced to probation following convictions for sex offense crimes; authorizes the commissioner of the Westchester county… [read post]

That was in 1972, when the Tenth Circuit, in Moritz v. [read post]