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Jul. 17, 2002
Public Interest Law Provides Indigent People With a Voice
Forum Column - By Lew Hollman - More than a generation ago, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that due process of law required that no one should suffer substantial loss of liberty without the benefit of counsel, regardless of ability to pay. This conclusion was not presented as a revelation of natural law. Rather, a court accepted the reality that law had become so complicated, and lawyers so expensive, that simply relaxing the rules for the unrepresented did not provide fundamental fairness.
By Lew Hollman
More than a generation ago, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that due process of law required that no one should suffer substantial loss of liberty without the benefit of c...
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