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VA Death Row Prisoners Not Entitled to Appointed Counsel

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that indigent death
row prisoners did not have a constitutional right to counsel at state
expense when pursuing habeas corpus relief in state courts. Prisoners on
Virginia's death row brought a class action suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
alleging ...

 

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