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Innocence is not enough

Today, Explained

The Supreme Court Says, You Can't Get a New Procedure if Your Lawyer Sucks

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The supreme court says you can get a new proceeding if your lawyer sucks, but the new lawyer can't introduce new evidence. It is saying that even when the lawyer has done such a poor job that you know their performance is constitutionally inadequate, that constitutionally inadequate performance can be used against their client. Who's behind this decision of the supreme court? So this was a six to three decision, and and it fell along party lines. But the court's been moving to the right for a really long time now. And as it turns out, tink w we may now have six justices who agreed with this view, that, hey, if you're innocent, doesn't matter. That was a fr

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