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pre-weekend roundup

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

[updated] In the news, both capital & criminal just reform, from both in the States and abroad: The Innocence Project reports “Lynn DeJac spent 13 years in a New York prison for her alleged involvement in the death of her teenage daughter in 1993. She was released late last year after DNA tests on evidence from the victim?s body implicated another person in the murder. Yesterday, however, the case took another turn, as the Buffalo District Attorney said he intended to drop all pending charges against DeJac based on evidence that the girl died of a cocaine overdose, and ‘no other competing cause of death’.” Absurdly low rates for appointments in capital cases can lead to equally absurd results — dragooning counsel in to representation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).