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Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

Hofstra Law Review

2006

Defense attorneys

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A Grand Slam Of Professional Irresponsibility And Judicial Disregard, Stephen A. Saltzburg Jan 2006

A Grand Slam Of Professional Irresponsibility And Judicial Disregard, Stephen A. Saltzburg

Hofstra Law Review

Many examples of bad lawyering and indifferent judicial responses to bad lawyering concern those who seek to raise the standards of professional conduct and assure adequate legal representation for all clients. This article discusses one case (a death penalty prosecution of William Charles Payton for rape, murder and attempted murder in 1981) to illustrate just how poor the performance of lawyers can be and how largely indifferent judges often are to such performances. With the defendant's life on the line, it appears that none of the legally trained professionals at trial did what professional standards required of them. The prosecutor …


Monroe Freedman's Solution To The Criminal Defense Lawyer's Trilemma Is Wrong As A Matter Of Policy And Constitutional Law, Stephen Gillers Jan 2006

Monroe Freedman's Solution To The Criminal Defense Lawyer's Trilemma Is Wrong As A Matter Of Policy And Constitutional Law, Stephen Gillers

Hofstra Law Review

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