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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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I believe in capital cases public defenders are retained throughout the appeals process. However, even in privately defended cases, for every motion that is filed there is cost and the prosecution (the state) must argue each time
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