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2006

SJ Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

Legal Representation

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The Pendulum Of Justice: Analyzing The Indigent Defendant's Right To Effective Assistance Of Counsel When Pleading Not Guilty At The Plea Bargaining Stage, Tara Harrison Jun 2006

The Pendulum Of Justice: Analyzing The Indigent Defendant's Right To Effective Assistance Of Counsel When Pleading Not Guilty At The Plea Bargaining Stage, Tara Harrison

Utah Law Review

Ultimately, Congress should tackle the sexist mentality and sexual escapades of United States troops stationed abroad. Congress should open a serious dialogue with the Pentagon and encourage it to clean up its act, perhaps through incentives. Alternatively, Congress should mandate the Pentagon's compliance by passing legislation expressly forbidding prostitution overseas and providing serious criminal penalties for those who aid in or abet such activity. If these troops decide to have irresponsible sex with women abroad, they should at least be responsible for the children they subsequently create. Imposing childrearing, or at least financial, responsibilities on these troops would provide a …


Undermining Justice: The Legal Profession's Role In Restricting Access To Legal Representation, Robert R. Keuhn Jun 2006

Undermining Justice: The Legal Profession's Role In Restricting Access To Legal Representation, Robert R. Keuhn

Utah Law Review

The legal profession must cease to be an accomplice in efforts to provide "liberty and justice for some." The profession cannot paradoxically proclaim its commitment to access to legal representation and yet subvert that very goal by imposing restrictions on unpopular clients or types of legal services. If the principles of the legal profession mean anything, then all lawyers, courts, and bar organizations need to fight to ensure access to justice is truly equal and without restrictions.