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Supreme Court Victory in Harbison v. Bell

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"Court: Gov't should pay lawyers for clemency work," is the breaking AP report. The Supreme Court said Wednesday the government should pay federally appointed lawyers for working on state clemency requests for death row inmates.Convicted murderer Edward Jerome Harbison wanted the government to pay for his federal public defender to represent him in a clemency petition to the Tennessee governor. But the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled against the request, saying the law "does not authorize federal compensation for legal representation in state matters."The high court disagreed, reversing the appeals court's decision.Federal law "authorizes federally appointed counsel to represent their clients in state clemency proceedings and entitles them to compensation for that representation," said Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for the court...continue to full post

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