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Dec. 23, 2008

Pro Bono Work Is a Gift All Attorneys Should Be Giving

During the holidays in particular, lawyers should feel compelled to perform legal services for those who are traditionally denied access to justice, write Derek Whitefield, Jon Cantor and Joel Covelman. - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By Derek Whitefield, Jon Cantor and Joel Covelman

On the Friday before Thanksgiving, we found ourselves on an early morning plane returning from Jackson, Ga. That week, there had been a habeas corpus hearing at the Georgia Diagnostic and Correctional Center regarding Jimmy Fletcher Meders, who has been on death row for the last 19 years. The hearing was probably the last state proceeding that could result in Meders getting a new trial...

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