Justin Brooks
Professor, California Western School of Law; Director,
California Innocence ProjectOrder his book
Wrongful Convictions Cases & Materials 2d ed. here
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Daniel Ehighalua
Nigerian Barrister
Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Montclair University
Carey D. Hoffman
Director of Digital Communications,
Ohio Innocence Project@OIPCommunicati1
Shiyuan Huang
Associate Professor, Shandong University Law School; Visiting Scholar, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Sociology, University of California-Irvine
Phil Locke
Science and Technology Advisor, Ohio Innocence Project and Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic
Dr. Carole McCartney
Reader in Law, Faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria University
Nancy Petro
Author and Advocate
Order her book
False Justice here

Professor, Faculty of Law, Konan University Innocence Project Japan
Professor, Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Northern Arizona University; Executive Director, Arizona Innocence Project
Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway
Author and Private Investigator
Order his book
Presumed Guilty here
If you have ever sat in court and witnessed the misuse of free legal representation, overuse of this ‘right’ is clearly evident. Anything from DUI, malicious destruction of property to murder is qualified for free counsel.
There must be limitations depending on severity of the criminal charge and the likelihood of a lenghthy jail sentence. With the mandatory sentence and most who face a judge will receive probation on a first offense and often a second offense for the same charge – why would these minor charges qualify for a free attorney?
This story brings me back to what an attorney told me at one time…..
How much justice can you afford!?
I had hired this attorney to defend me in a case where I had not done what I was accused of. The bad part…. I might have been better off with a public defender!
This story ALSO brings back a thought that I had while dealing with my own personal delima. Attorney’s should be REQUIRED to do 3-4 probono case’s each year to help the public defender’s office’s free up some of their time to manage their case load a little more better than they’re able to now.