Inadequate Counsel

50th Anniversary of Gideon Decision Exposes Continuing Problems in Indigent Defense

Supreme Court Considers Extending Right to Counsel for Challenging Trial Lawyer’s Ineffectiveness

Indigent Death Row Prisoner Denied Federal Review Because Filing Fee is Paid Late

Prosecutorial Misconduct and Defense Counsel Failures Require New Trial for Alabama Death Row Inmate

Alabama Supreme Court Orders Further Review in Case of Anthony Ray Hinton

U.S. Supreme Court Finds That Right to Counsel Applies to the Plea-Bargaining Process

U.S. Supreme Court Recognizes New Remedy for Prisoners Whose Postconviction Lawyers Fail to Raise Ineffectiveness of Trial Counsel

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds New Trial for Alabama Death Row Inmate

U.S. Supreme Court Grants Relief to Alabama Death Row Prisoner and Voices Concerns About Alabama’s Death Penalty System

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Alabama Case Where Mailroom Mistake Cost Death Row Inmate His Appeals

Federal Court Finds Inadequate Lawyering in Three Recent Death Penalty Cases

U.S. Supreme Court to Address Right to Counsel in Postconviction Proceedings

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Mailroom Mistake Should Bar Appeals for Alabama Death Row Prisoner

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Sentencing Win for Alabama Death Row Inmate James Lawhorn

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Review Whether Mailroom Mistake Should Bar Appeals for Alabama Death Row Inmate Cory Maples

Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Relief in Two Death Penalty Cases Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel