A Public Defender
A Public Defender has posts about about criminal law, recent opinions and proposed legislation, sometimes with a Connecticut focus.
Author: The author identifies himself as "Gideon," after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright holding that lawyers must be provided for indigent criminal defendants. He also authors the blawg Public Defender Stuff.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Public Defenders • Criminal Procedure • States • Connecticut • Anonymous • Public Defender
Recent Posts from A Public Defender
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Liveblogging Raising The Bar: Season 2, Episode 4
Raising The Bar: S2, E4
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Liveblogging Raising The Bar: Season 2, Episode 3
Liveblogging Raising The Bar: S2 E3
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Dear Governor Rell: death penalty’s broke and we can’t fix it
Dear Governor Rell, Hi, it’s me, Gideon. This is my second attempt at a letter to you. The last one was somewhat trivial by comparision. I hope you take the time to read this, though,…
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CT lege abolishes death penalty; veto next?
After an excruciatingly long 11-hour debate that was peppered with vacuousness, cherry-picking and childhood stories, the CT Senate finally got around to voting on whether the State should abolish the death penalty. This historic vote…
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Liveblogging the Death Penalty Debate
Liveblogging the Death Penalty Debate
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It’s not mine
I’m just holding it for a friend client.
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CT House passes bill abolishing death penalty
There must be something about this date. May 13 is now host to two significant death penalty events in Connecticut. On May 13, 2005, the State executed Michael Ross, after about a year of wrangling…
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Oh you ungrateful defendants!
If there were a job where the only requirement was to give pithy (sometimes catchy, but usually poor) titles to Connecticut Supreme Court decisions, I would take that job and assign the title of this…
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June 8th. Write it down.
Season 2 of Raising the Bar begins June 8 on TNT. Mark your calendars, because this can mean only one thing: the return of the weekly Raising the Bar liveblog right here at a public…
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What does “excessive” mean anymore?
Article 1, Section 8 of the Connecticut Constitution states: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have a right … to be released on bail upon sufficient security… nor shall excessive bail be required… The…