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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'm only familiar with Illinois, but there, the
Appellate Defender handles appeals/death penalty cases. I can't even IMAGINE how much it costs to take a death penalty case up to the state supreme court -- they probably hire whores -- I mean expert witnesses -- all the time, etc.
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