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The Chicago Case of Alton Logan

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In the ABA Journal, Martha Neil has, "Inmate?s Freedom Hinges on Lawyers? Revelation That Dead Client Killed Guard in '82."  It's an ethical situation that bears similarity to the resolution of Daryl Atkins' re-sentencing.Almost 26 years ago, as two Chicago public defenders were representing a client accused of murdering two police officers, their case suddenly got a lot tougher. A lawyer defending another man accused of murdering a security guard in an unrelated case told the two PDs that his client said that their client, Andrew Wilson, was guilty of the security guard's murder, too. And, when Dave Coventry and Jamie Kunz confronted Wilson, he admitted the accusation was true, reports the Chicago Tribune. "He kind of chuckled over the fact that someone else was charged with something he did," recalls Coventry, now 64...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 25, 2008 (boomark / email).