1.   Saturday, Wilson also signed a measure to increase the number of defense attorneys who represent Death Row inmates in their appeals.

2.   Another, more controversial element of the Innocence Protection Act would set minimum national standards for criminal defense lawyers representing indigent inmates.

3.   But David S. Steuer, a lawyer representing some inmates, said his clients had never sought to close the institution, but had merely hoped for improved conditions.

4.   But Donald Specter, another lawyer representing the inmates, said the abuses were continuing.

5.   David Dow, a University of Houston Law Center professor who has represented death row inmates in appeals, said the contrasting attitudes reflected a host of factors.

6.   Lawyers who represent female inmates in class-action lawsuits aimed at halting the sexual abuse of female prisoners say the problems go beyond rape or even consensual sex.

7.   Lawrence Lustberg, a court-appointed lawyer who represented the inmates, applauded the judge.

8.   Represented Death Row inmate Gary Graham before the U.S. Court of Appeals.

9.   That was also the conclusion reached by lawyers and doctors representing inmates in the federal Ruiz case.

10.   That kind of shrewdness is no surprise to Millard Farmer, an Atlanta lawyer who represents death row inmates.