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More Lawyers, Same Injustice

Loaded on Sept. 21, 2016

Filed under: Judicial Misconduct, Appointment of Counsel, Attorney Misconduct, Indigent Defense, Discovery. Locations: Georgia, United States of America.

By Oren Nimni & Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs

A case in Georgia has become notorious for its profanity. But it also says something about our public defender system…

Last month, in a Georgia courtroom, defendant Denver Fenton Allen appeared in front of Judge Bryant Durham, Jr. …

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