summing it up nicely
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. Other than these (and one or two others) the list, is unduly long on blowhards, academics & biglaw types and missed some incredible work from trench fighters like Gideon, Skelly, Randall, the New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library, and innumerable others (see list to the right).
Helpme123 sums it up well:
With all due respect, I would prefer to remain anonymous. Frankly, I feel like an anonymous nothing in the eyes of the ABA anyway. The ABA is merely designed to protect the interests of biglaw partners and their buddies in academia and banking at the expense of everyone else. More jobs for professors who want cushy positions with little work, more profit for universities (for whom law schools are VERY profitable since they’re so cheap to run), no oversight of law school fraudulent advertising, more indentured-for-life loan slaves for the financial people and agencies, and plenty of top 5 percenters to burn out in biglaw billing 3,000 hours per year.
Tuesday, 2. December 2008 23:53
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