As Life Without Parole Cases Rise, Finding Public Defenders Grows Harder
The Crime Report
MAY 20, 2021
Most states have no rules, and someone just out of law school could handle a life-without-parole case in Illinois or Nebraska. 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.
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