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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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American Bar Association stories: 3 news summaries

Groups Move to Disbar Bush Lawyers Over Torture

Target Mukasey, Gonzalez, Ashcroft

May 18, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of mostly left-leaning organizations is attempting to get a gaggle of Bush officials disbarred for sanctioning torture, the Legal Times reports. In complaints filed with five state bar associations today, the groups accuse ex-attorneys general Michael Mukasey, Alberto Gonzalez, and John Ashcroft—along with nine others—of violating... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Alberto Gonzales • John Ashcroft • lawyer • Michael Mukasey • American Bar Association

Judge Draws Ire for Shelving Capital Trial

Six other states can't fund them; issue may be bigger than injection

Nov 3, 07 7:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Judge Hilton Fuller has drawn ire for shelving a Georgia death penalty case, but other states are hitting the same snag: low funds for capital court costs, the New York Times reports. Georgia can’t afford the $1.2 million to defend Brian Nichols, charged with killing four in a... More »

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death penalty • California • Texas • Atlanta • New Jersey • Georgia • Louisiana • North Carolina • Utah • American Bar Association • US Supreme Court

Bar Association Seeks to Halt Executions

Rampant inequities & sloppy cases demand moratorium, says group

Oct 29, 07 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a three-year study of the death penalty in eight states, the American Bar Association is calling for a nationwide moratorium on executions until prevalent problems in the system are rectified. Defense attorneys nationwide are under-qualified and underfunded, cases are plagued by sloppy evidence gathering, and race influences sentencing, the... More »

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death penalty • Florida • Arizona • Ohio • Georgia • Pennsylvania • Alabama • Tennessee • legal defense • American Bar Association • National District Attorneys Association

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