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However, this route usually creates more problems than it solves. Due to today’s climate of mass incarceration, the criminal defense field is suddenly being flooded with former inmates who are magically expert consultants the day after they leave prison. They monitor the court dockets for new cases and immediately solicit new defendants directly. These defendants are extremely vulnerable at that point and retain these “consultants” primarily out of fear of the unknown.
This blog post originally appeared as an Op-Ed in The Legal Intelligencer.
Most defense lawyers have neither the time nor the real experience to explain what happens in prison — I suggest that someone should be available on the ‘rolodex’, who knows, who has done time, to meet with clients, especially the more vulnerable ones. It’s not an ethical duty, I’m sure, but could save a life or two. – Charles Hargreaves
Prison is a terrible experience, even Lompoc. How does one prepare a client whose freedom, for ever, could possibly be taken away by the Justice system? – Carl Knudson
Criminal attorneys should absolutely understand prison deeply. They ought to be required to see prison in real life. It might also motivate them to work harder for their clients. One of the most disappointing aspects of attorneys and prosecutors is their lack of real world empathy in the justice system. practicing law is about real people beyond all of the thought exercises. Judges are using the first to forget this it seems. Go spend a week in a prison setting. It will change anyone. This is definitely not a CLE course by the way. – John Richards
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