Sharon Keller
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Death and the Unpatriotic Act
Among amendments tacked onto newest version of the PATRIOT Act is a section allowing U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to grant legal fast-track for death-penalty appeals in states that have enacted standards for attorney appointments to indigent death row inmates
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Capitol Chronicle
Doing without: the people advising belt-tightening never seem to have very tight belts
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Texas’ ‘Lethal Indifference’ Blasted in New Death-Row Report
A new Texas Defenders Service study charges the state Court of Criminal Appeals ignores death-row inmates’ rights and its own legal mandate.
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Capitol Chronicle
You Have a Right to an Attorney … In Texas Courtrooms Fair Legal Defense Is Often an Empty Promise