Comments on: Enforcing the right to effective assistance of counsel http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:06:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: perry-williams http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-17879 perry-williams Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:03:42 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-17879 maybe folks should quit committing so many crimes that way they wont need representation maybe folks should quit committing so many crimes that way they wont need representation

]]> By: Enforcing Laws http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-15709 Enforcing Laws Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:33:32 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-15709 <strong>Speeding: An Excellent Law Destroyed By Dumb Enforcement...</strong> The offence of exceeding the speed limit was sensibly created to improve road safety and offer guidance to drivers. When it is applied with intelligence it can do exactly that, and indeed generally until about 1985 that's exactly what we had.... Speeding: An Excellent Law Destroyed By Dumb Enforcement…

The offence of exceeding the speed limit was sensibly created to improve road safety and offer guidance to drivers. When it is applied with intelligence it can do exactly that, and indeed generally until about 1985 that’s exactly what we had….

]]> By: Gideon http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-8233 Gideon Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:49:34 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-8233 Long Time PD: The culture of sub-standard representation is ingrained not only in states without a well-funded public defender system, but also in states that have flourishing, established divisions that provide representation to the indigent. It is also not limited to public defenders. Some of the things I've seen passed off as "representation".... Long Time PD:

The culture of sub-standard representation is ingrained not only in states without a well-funded public defender system, but also in states that have flourishing, established divisions that provide representation to the indigent. It is also not limited to public defenders.

Some of the things I’ve seen passed off as “representation”….

]]> By: Long Time PD http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-8218 Long Time PD Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:24:51 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-8218 It is even more than annoying it has come to this. Maddening, maybe. You are very right that no matter what happens it will not be an instant cure for anything. But like Bill Murray says in Groundhog Day-"Different. Different is good." The same old thing has been going on for way too long. Any change is good. As an upstate NY PD, I welcome the suit. The truly sad part is that the culture of ineffective institutional counsel is so deeply ingrained in many places in New York that some of the lawyers themselves will be shocked that some people think these allegations are a big deal. It is even more than annoying it has come to this. Maddening, maybe.

You are very right that no matter what happens it will not be an instant cure for anything. But like Bill Murray says in Groundhog Day-”Different. Different is good.”
The same old thing has been going on for way too long. Any change is good. As an upstate NY PD, I welcome the suit.

The truly sad part is that the culture of ineffective institutional counsel is so deeply ingrained in many places in New York that some of the lawyers themselves will be shocked that some people think these allegations are a big deal.

]]> By: Gideon http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-8209 Gideon Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:26:49 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-8209 [quote comment="8207"]It would be nice if the Georgia ACLU would file something similar, but since they fired all their lawyers.. guess it won't be happening.[/quote] Heh. I don't doubt that something momentous will happen in Georgia. However, they need to figure it out soon. The circus has gone on long enough. [quote comment="8207"]It would be nice if the Georgia ACLU would file something similar, but since they fired all their lawyers.. guess it won’t be happening.[/quote]

Heh. I don’t doubt that something momentous will happen in Georgia. However, they need to figure it out soon. The circus has gone on long enough.

]]> By: Audacity http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-8207 Audacity Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:49:13 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/12/enforcing-the-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel/#comment-8207 It would be nice if the Georgia ACLU would file something similar, but since they fired all their lawyers.. guess it won't be happening. It would be nice if the Georgia ACLU would file something similar, but since they fired all their lawyers.. guess it won’t be happening.

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