1. Who is representing the defendant? 2. But in most states defendants are still represented by state lawyers. 3. An unwillingness to provide adequate money for lawyers to represent unpopular defendants has led to a large number of appealable mistakes, according to judges and prosecutors. 4. And some, like Circuit Judge Marvin Mounts, think the questions of who represents poor defendants and who pays for it are largely academic. 5. Another change would specify that lawyers appointed to represent indigent defendants in capital cases have significant training or experience in such cases. 6. Anderson noted that the symposium will consider the levels of funding for state and federal lawyers who represent capital defendants, among other topics. 7. As a lawyer, he represented indigent defendants, taking two appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court and winning both. 8. Attorneys for the defense include H. Louis Sirkin, who helped represent the defendants in the Mapplethorpe case. 9. Attorney Kevin Callanan, who represented the defendants, declined to say Friday whether Ferrone was still employed or if he had been disciplined. 10. Attorneys representing murder defendant John Edward Robinson Sr. have subpoenaed television news footage from four Kansas City area stations. |