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A State of Unequal Justice

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That's the title of an editorial column from Alabama's Huntsville Times.  It's written by Stephen Stetson for the paper.  LINKIn Alabama, poor defendants face risky prospects He's not a lawyer, but he shills for one on TV. The Associated Press recently reported that television ads for an Alabama attorney may soon be banned by the Alabama Bar Association. The otherwise unremarkable lawyer commercials feature William Shatner, Captain Kirk of "Star Trek" fame, who now plays an attorney on "Boston Legal." The Alabama Bar Association has evidently decided that the image of Shatner promoting an Alabama lawyer is cheapening the legal profession. Mark White, the head of the association, told the AP that a new rule banning the use of actors in lawyer commercials would help to maintain the professionalism of attorney advertising...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 13, 2008 (boomark / email).