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The quality of capital counsel

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

From the hearings earlier this week on the Senate Judiciary Committee; Subcommittee on the Constitution’s hearing entitled ?The Adequacy of Representation in Capital Cases?. via InCase. From Senator Feingold: Obviously, inadequate representation is not unique to capital cases. But the challenges presented in a death penalty case are unique, and the consequences of inadequate representation catastrophic. Capital cases tend to be the most complicated homicide trials, and the penalty phase of a capital case is like nothing else in the criminal justice system. To do these cases right, at the trial, penalty, appellate, and state post-conviction stages, requires vast resources and proper training ? not only for the defense attorneys who need to put in hundreds of hours of work, but also investigators, forensic professionals, mitigation specialists and other experts...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on April 10, 2008 (boomark / email).