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Title: Missouri's Public Defender Crisis: Shouldering the Burden Alone. (Broke and Broken: Can We Fix Our State Indigent Defense System?)
Author : Missouri Law Review
Release Date : January 22, 2010
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 349 KB

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I. INTRODUCTION In 1984, public defender John M. "Jack" Walsh watched a jury sentence his client, Mose Young, to die for a triple homicide during the robbery of a St. Louis pawn shop. (1) Although Walsh was an experienced public defender, he presented no mitigating evidence on Young's behalf. He had conducted no investigation and had given no thought to the punishment phase of Young's trial. He did virtually nothing to attempt to save his client's life. (2) He had inherited the case at the last minute. Walsh had just tried a major rape trial and another murder trial, back to back. (3) No investigation had been done into Young's defense. Walsh had not visited the crime scene. He had given no thought to the penalty phase of Young's case. His workload did not permit it. In this respect, Walsh was in good company; his fellow public defender described herself and her colleagues as "veritable walking violations of the right to effective assistance of counsel." (4)