Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:25:51 -0400
From: Steve Smith <sgs at aginc.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Texas offers a new definition of chutzpah . . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Michael Walsh wrote:
>
> "-- A Texas Death
> Row inmate whose lawyer slept for long
> portions of his murder trial will either
> win freedom or a new trial, after the
> Supreme Court refused to intervene
> Monday.
>
> The high court rejected an appeal from
> Texas authorities, who argued that the
> lawyer's inattention did not necessarily
> equal an unfair trial.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/06/03/scotus.sleeping.lawyer.ap/index.html

Molly Ivins made the statement that there are defense lawyers in Texas
that have put more people on Death Row than most prosecutors.

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Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
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