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As Life Without Parole Cases Rise, Finding Public Defenders Grows Harder  

The Crime Report

South Carolina requires just three years of experience in criminal law; Arkansas specifies that lawyers should have handled at least one homicide trial. Other states have minimal standards. But the standards have yet to be approved by other state regulators.

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Hunter’s Collapsing World: Why a Criminal Plea Could Now be the Best Option for the Bidens

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Hill on the hearing today in Arkansas involving Hunter Biden and his daughter Navy Joan. After years of delaying disclosures and admissions, Hunter could now be pushing to cap off the criminal side of the scandal before more information is released in Arkansas and Washington. in April 2019.

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