'Do it on the cheap' justice must go

Article Abstract:

Both the Justice Department and the ABA made ndigent defense a top priority for 1998, and this high-profile attention given the problem of assuring adequate legal assistance to the poor stems from the 35th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright. Gideon and later federal rulings guaranteed counsel to all indigents accused of a crime for which they faced possible imprisonment. The plight of the poor defendant is made worse as the war on drugs, three strikes laws and more complex federal prosecutions place a premium on competent defense.

United States, Economic aspects, Law enforcement

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Ax poised over habeas

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The 1991 US Supreme Court, while deciding many cases in favor of restricting habeas corpus in capital cases, failed to deal a decisive blow to habeas protections. The result in some cases may not matter, since the appeals won revolved on non-capital issues, and the appeals lost establish a narrow view of habeas protection and subject the appellant to more rigorous conditions to establish a habeas claim. The cases surveyed include Wright v West, Keeney v Tamayo-Reyes and Sawyer v. Whitley.

Interpretation and construction, Surveys, United States. Supreme Court, Habeas corpus

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Might affirmative action balance U.S. justice?

Article Abstract:

George Washington University law professor Paul Butler calls for affirmative action in the criminal justice system to remedy statistics suggesting blatant discrimination. Butler advocates measures such as African-American jurors' acquitting nonviolent black defendants regardless of the evidence against them. He also recommends that African-Americans be arrested and sent to prison for drug possession only in proportion to their involvement in such offenses.

Analysis, Discrimination in criminal justice administration, Criminal justice discrimination

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