There are things unique to post-conviction appeals that make the
jailhouse lawyer an unsuitable solution to a petitioner's lack of legal counsel.
What happens after the right to counsel ends? Using technology to assist petitioners in state postconviction petitions and federal habeas review
"Prison litigation is expensive and difficult, so relatively few lawyers are willing to represent prisoners who claim to have been abused or mistreated," says Rachel Meeropol, the primary author of The
Jailhouse Lawyer's Handbook.
Books behind bars: what are wardens thinking when they censor magazines and books?
The Record can reveal that the whining
jailhouse lawyer has already successfully claimed PS805,000 in legal aid and forced Scotland's information commissioner to shell out another PS42,000.
BEGGS: THE PS1m MONSTER; PLAYING THE SYSTEM WHINING BEAST'S ENDLESS PARADE OF PETTY COMPLAINTS Limbs in loch killer makes a legal aid claim every three months.. and we pay his bill
The notorious "
jailhouse lawyer" made a string of allegations in a prison magazine article about the death of pervert Neil McNeil.
BEGGS IN RANT OVER DEAD PRISON BEAST
Imprisoned journalist and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal profiles the work of the
jailhouse lawyer in the United States, offering a perspective of the law written from the bottom, in recognition that beyond the black and white of the law books and the statutes, "the law ain't nothing but whatta judge say the law is." In spite of that observation, made by Abu Jamal to an outside lawyer working with him on a civil action, he documents some successes by
jailhouse lawyers in working on their own and others' cases while simultaneously presenting a critique of the way the American judicial system works against the less powerful in American society.
Jailhouse lawyers; prisoners defending prisoners v. the U.S.A.
In 1998, the state Supreme Judicial Court rejected a laundry list of this
jailhouse lawyer's arguments - his statements to police were involuntary, the judge instructed the jury on self-defense over his objections, and even the verdict slip was improperly filled out.
Cop killer's absurd claims are distressing
outside his quarters all night like a
jailhouse lawyer,
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The reliance of many prisoners on the assistance of a "
jailhouse lawyer" (79) shows that the majority's concerns about a slippery slope leading to mandating the appointment of counsel to guarantee meaningful access were exaggerated.
Not so meaningful anymore: why a law library is required to make a prisoner's access to the courts meaningful
And the notorious "
jailhouse lawyer" could have to sell his house to pay his debt.
JUDGE TELLS BEGGS: PAY UP PS1000s; Limbs in Loch monster gets jailhouse law lesson
Beggs - who was jailed for the murder of teenager Barry Wallace - has gained a reputation as a
jailhouse lawyer by advising his fellow cons at Peterhead.
BBO FEASTS FOR BEASTS; Shock at jail bosses' healthy eating treat
Bosses at Glenochil prison told the
jailhouse lawyer that his papers, amassed during constant legal fights with the authorities, were a fire risk.
BEGGS LOSES COURT BATTLE OVER PAPERWORK
Beggs, who fancies himself as a
jailhouse lawyer, dumped the limbs and torso in Loch Lomond and the head in the sea at Troon.
MOANING MURDERER COSTS US pounds 1m MORE; Limbs in Loch killer Beggs loses appeal
Jailhouse lawyer Beggs had complained about the media coverage of his trial, the conduct of the prosecutor and an abuse of his human rights.
GUILTY AS SIN; After nine years of legal wrangling costing thousands, three appeal judges tell us in a 127-page ruling limbs-in-loch killer Beggs is..
Then he became a
jailhouse lawyer dishing out advice to fellow cons on their appeals.
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Beggs is appealing against his conviction for murdering Barry Wallace and has earned a reputation as a "
jailhouse lawyer".
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