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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:48 PM Original message |
26-Year Secret Kept Innocent Man In Prison |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. They could have fired their client. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No, but they are still obligated to keep his secret. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Isn't the point of the legal system to also prevent the innocent from being punished? |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. There are trade-offs with various justice systems. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
38. That's the intent, but a loophole it does not provide. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. It would seem to be that an attorney has a duty to ensure their client gets a fair trial |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Our Legal System Is Based on a Win / Lose Scenario |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
53. No, it is not. The whole point is to convict any likely |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Privilege ends with the admission of a crime in which another is wrongly convicted... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Yes, they could have, but it still forbidden for them to talk. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. From the article |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I agree. It makes me wonder about the prosecution, too. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. He's a black man in North Carolina 26 years ago |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. The article says that Logan was convicted in Illinois. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
54. This occurred in Illinois, not North Carolina |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. This is related to a series of Police brutality Cases from the same time period. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Thank you. I'm not surprised. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Dupilcate |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. kafka would be proud... |
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WarholPop (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks for posting this |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. do you have a source for that figure? |
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WarholPop (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Check Out Innocene Project |
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WarholPop (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The Link |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. In many cases, DNA evidence has proven innocence. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Attorney client privilege exists for a reason. You wanna be blackmailed by your lawyer? |
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WarholPop (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Compensation |
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RedRocco (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
57. SC |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. these lawyers may not have been obligated legally to help this man by telling on the other but |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. yes...they could of "leaked" the information....nt |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. Points out a character flaw |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. It's not that simple....they couldn't know for certain that their client was telling the truth. |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here's the part I really don't understand: "Logan, still in jail..." |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. The United States would do well to study Norway as an example. Yes, we would. |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I fantasize about fleeing to Norway often n/t |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Der Blaue Engel |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. yardwork |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Der Blaue Engel |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Beautiful! |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. renate |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. Cases like this illustrate why I am firmly against the death penalty n/t |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. And the actual murderer WON a $1 million Dollar Police brutality suit. |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. May the souls of all those involved in convicting this man forever remain in anguish. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
33. Where is their conscience? |
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connecticut yankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. And what if |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Nope |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. There are quite a few things I can think of them |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. They Could Have Volunteered Their Services, Pro Bono |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Clear Conflict, they had a duty to protect Wilson over anyone else including Logan |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. And if it would have come out, they would have been disbarred AND |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
43. Interesting to Get More Background From Previous News |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Judges will NOT permit a defense attorney to call a witness to plead the Fifth. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. My Bad |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. That is even worse, how can the attorney turn in his own client? |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
46. They knew, and did nothing. |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. As someone who has contemplated going to law school |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I Contemplated It In HS |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
55. Candidate for Dumb Quote of the Century: |
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