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No State-Paid Attorneys for Post-conviction Relief in Capital Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court held that indigent death row prisoners had no
constitutional right to state-paid counsel in order to pursue post-
conviction relief. Prisoners on Virginia's death row brought a § 1983
action against state officials alleging they had a constitutional right to
counsel provided at state expense when ...
constitutional right to state-paid counsel in order to pursue post-
conviction relief. Prisoners on Virginia's death row brought a § 1983
action against state officials alleging they had a constitutional right to
counsel provided at state expense when ...
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