Contracted public defence systems for the poor in the US are largely underfunded and create a “disincentive” for lawyers, warned National Legal Aid and Defenders Association senior attorney Bob Burke at the LAG conference last week.
Could the Woodward verdict happen here?
The Louise Woodward guilty verdict could never happen in Britain, surely? Twelve months ago it nearly did, when Stephen Packman was tried with “being concerned” in the supply of Ecstasy to Leah Betts, says John Cooper. John Cooper, British Counsel for the Louise Woodward Campaign for Justice. The death of Leah Betts two years ago […]