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A child is railroaded, and only barely saved

By Mark Obbie

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In this month's American Lawyer, Susan Beck documents the heroic and monumental legal struggle required to undo the wrongful conviction of a boy coerced into confessing to the murder of another child. Beck's spare, just-the-facts language makes the details all the more shocking. Beck's billboard graf -- which she more than justifies in the body of the story -- challenges the smug assurance that the system is proven to work when it ultimately, and belatedly, corrects an injustice. She writes:
When a person's future is at stake, what kind of a system depends on the chance rescue efforts of volunteer lawyers? And does it really have to be so hard to hold public officials accountable for their misconduct--or to get them to say they're sorry?

Full post as published by Lawbeat on March 09, 2009 (boomark / email).

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