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summing it up nicely

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

I loved this quote from Randall Hodgkinson @ the Kansas Defenders: As a matter of constitutional law and legal ethics, quality representation for the poor is not negotiable. If the state doesn’t want to pay for indigent defense, it needs to prosecute fewer people (or at least fewer poor people). Elsewhere: Cone v. Bell Reply Brief was filed by Akin Gump; In New Mexico “Legislature 2009: Political shift could spell end to death penalty, (via Steve Hall); and The Innocence Project notes New York Case Sparks Calls for Reform Finally, the ABA has released its hot 100 law blawg list. Congrats Jeralyn & crew, Mark, Doug, Grits & Scott, each of whom has made me a better lawyer for my clients. The list, however, is long on blowhards, academics & biglaw types and missed some incredible work from trench fighters like , Skelly, Randall, the New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library, and innumerable others (see list to the right)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on December 01, 2008 (boomark / email).