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Lethal Indifference: The Fatal Combination of Incompetent Attorneys and Unaccountable Courts: Executive Summary

Lethal Indifference: The Fatal Combination of Incompetent Attorneys and Unaccountable Courts: Executive Summary

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Texas Defender Service (Austin, TX)

Published 2000. 7 pages.

A "comprehensive study of the quality of representation afforded to death row inmates in the state post-conviction process" is presented (p. viii). Five chapters comprise this report: state habeaus corpus -- a vital safety net; the study -- a dismal state of justice; turning a blind eye on incompetent representation -- the abdication of responsibility by the Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA); the fox guarding the hen house -- the CCA controls the process; and conclusion -- a breakdown in the system. Access to this report's contents is available at the URL below. Accession Number: 018519

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