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off-topic: pd issues

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

As I was reading the NYT’s article on Sunday on public defender failings in New York. The article in the metro section is the justice system’s  failing  Kimberly Hurell-Harring and how her attorney, Pat Barber, missed key signs along the way to his client pleading guilty to a felony that was, under developing case law, substantially overcharged. While reading the article I was reminded again of David Feige’s “Indefensible.” When the book came out I shilled it here fairly aggressively. Since having the space of a few years since reading it I have realized that it is perhaps the singularly best guide to being a pd (such as time management, prioritizing cases, making sure each client gets what they need, the unspoken actors in the courtroom & your clients’ lives, etc...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on March 22, 2010 (boomark / email).