2002, ISBN: 9781234190507

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 140 pages. Original publisher: Washington : U. S. G. P. O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. G. P. O. , … Mehr…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 140 pages. Original publisher: Washington : U. S. G. P. O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. G. P. O. , Congressional Sales Office, 2002. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)50529477 Subject: Attorney and client -- United States. Excerpt: . . . 11 of my friends on this committee on some issues, but none of us disagrees with the principle that someone on trial for his life deserves a fair trial and a competent de-fense lawyer. I appreciated Senator Specters comment on Sunday that competent counsel is fundamental. Lets look at what has happened while the Innocence Protection Act has been pending in the Congress. In the last six months, more than a dozen people have been cleared of the crimes that sent them to prison or, in six cases, to death row. Jerry Frank Townsend, sentenced to 7 concurrent life sentences in Flor-ida in n1980 Joaqui Martinez, sentenced to death in Florida in 1997; Gary Drinkard, sentenced to death in Alabama in 1995; Jeff Pierce, sentenced to 65 years in Oklahoma in 1986; Danny Brown, sentenced to life in Ohio in 1982; Richard Danziger, sentenced to 99 years in Texas in 1990; Kenneth Waters, sentenced to life in Massachusetts in 1983; Earl Washington, sentenced to death in Virginia in 1984; David Pope, sentenced to 45 years in Texas in 1986; Peter Limone, sentenced to death in Massachusetts in 1968; Christopher Ochoa, sentenced to life in Texas in 1988; Michael Graham and Albert Burrell, sentenced to death in Louisiana in 1987; Gerald Harris, sentenced to 9 - 18 years in New York in 1992; Frank Lee Smith, sentenced to death in Florida in 1986. What should we learn from these cases: Some have argued that these cases, in which innocent people were cleared after years and sometimes decades in prison, show that the system is working. To them, I have only one thing to say: Listen to: Michael Graham testify today about his 14 years on death row. Then ask your-self whether his case represents a triumph of our judicial system. We. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<