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Originally Posted by shinerbock
I thought that publicly appointed counsel ended at the trial stage, but maybe i'm wrong, i've only been in law school for two weeks. I assumed that most appellate cases involving the death penalty were handled by private attorneys or anti-death penalty groups...somebody fill me in
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Most states have appellate defenders as well as public (trial) defenders.
Plus, you have to remember that the state is defending all appeals, so there is always cost to the state.