Though the odds of obtaining Supreme Court review are about one in 100, these lawyers persuaded the court to hear four cases that "would not have seemed to have a remote chance of review," Professor Lazarus wrote.
But if Mr. Wiese is not in court, these lawyers say, Mr. Fischetti would be free even to invite the jurors to conclude that Mr. Wiese held Mr. Louima down for Mr. Volpe and is covering up his own guilt.
He added later in a statement, "These lawyers seem more intent on alleging classes for their publicity value than their legal virtue".
In the Family Court in New York City, most of these lawyers are drawn from the Assigned Counsel Panel, a group of lawyers that do this work as a major part of their practices.
Had these lawyers, in consideration of their political futures, chosen not to represent such people or entities, we Americans would not have many of the liberties we cherish.
The firings prompted a Congressional investigation into whether the Bushies fired these lawyers in an effort to obstruct the investigations of Republican politicians, or, because they failed to initiate investigations that would damage Democrats.
These lawyers' battles in brightly-lit, nondescript rooms in Holborn don't make for the most exciting courtroom dramas, but they're the fights that will determine whether trials in British courts stay free.
Young people growing up in these buildings, lawyers say, are routinely searched without legal cause and detained.
In these states, lawyers may subpoena the data for criminal investigations and civil lawsuits, making the information accessible to third parties, including law enforcement or insurance companies that could cancel a driver's policy or raise a driver's premium based on the recorder's data.
In these cases, lawyers for death row inmates can ask a state court judge for a review or ask a federal judge to grant a writ of habeas corpus, a legal judgment that a defendant is held in custody in violation of the Constitution.
