Law Practice
Oct. 29, 2011
Thomas Tang, Robert Boochever and the war between justice and law
What good is it to apply law without caring about whether the result is a just one? By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm
In these pages a few months ago I wrote, "Lawyers and judges, let's admit it: law beats up on justice every day." "A Lawyer Looks at 50" (June 20). This column is some elaboration on that.
In 1970, an Arizona trial court judge named Thomas Tang heard a difficult criminal case involving two 17-year-old boys who had beaten up a third boy. The boy later died from his injuries. Arizona law at that tim...
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