Criminal
Jan. 3, 2015
Orrick volunteers stop rule to fast-track death row appeals
A controversial push by the Department of Justice to fast-track appeals for death row inmates met its match in a team of Orrick attorneys. They fought the effort, saying the DOJ's proposal wouldn't ensure defendants got qualified counsel.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
For a year and a half, criminal defense groups watched with dread as the U.S. Department of Justice drafted a rule for speeding up federal death sentence appeals. But, after an audacious lawsuit and hundreds of pro bono hours by attorneys at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, a federal judge halted the new procedures in August.
"Had it gone into effect, literally hundreds if not thousands [of ...
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