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

The Crime Report

Only 11 states report having minimum qualifications for lawyers who represent impoverished people facing a lifetime behind bars, according to the nonprofit Sixth Amendment Center. Most states have no rules, and someone just out of law school could handle a life-without-parole case in Illinois or Nebraska.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

However, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , less than 3 percent of criminal cases have gone to trial in the last five decades. From about the 1600s, they had a gigantic Criminal Code where everything was a felony and every felony was punishable by death.

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Hunter Biden’s 7% Solution: Using Addiction to Excuse Corruption

JonathanTurley

million were sent to a law firm and another firm associated with Hunter Biden. His lawyer, Chris Clark, first insisted that the release of the messages “are not only irresponsible, they are illegal.” This past weekend, there were reports that, after the threatening WhatsApp message was sent, two payments totaling $5.1

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Alvin Bragg and The Art of Not Taking Law Too Seriously

JonathanTurley

After the first week of testimony, the trial of Donald Trump is increasingly looking like a mad prosecution machine by lawyers who don’t take law too seriously. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School. Jonathan Turley is the J.B. and Maurice C.

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The Neutron Prosecutor: How Special Counsel Hur May Prove the Ultimate Punchline in Washington

JonathanTurley

There is no question that the best course in dealing with a felonious president is to first remove the president from office through the impeachment process and then indict the former president in the wake of the Senate conviction. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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“I See Dead People”: Bragg’s Case Against Trump Goes Paranormal

JonathanTurley

It shattered her laughable claim that she had not really been seeking money in shaking Trump down for a non-disclosure agreement, a claim contradicted by her own former lawyer. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School. The cross examination was devastating. and Maurice C.

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Comey’s “Good Day”: How Political Prosecutions Became “Ethical Leadership” in the Pursuit of Trump

JonathanTurley

Bragg may try to accomplish this Frankensteinian feat by converting this into a felony. The long-debated theory in Bragg’s office was whether they could effectively allege a violation of federal election laws even though the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission declined such charges. The public pressure worked.