"Take note of Justice O’Connor’s remarks in
2001 that prompted the New York Times to editorialize that
the “legal "representation" afforded most indigent defendants...” is woefully inadequate. See Editorial, Justice
O’Connor on Executions, N.Y. Times, July 5, 2001, at A16.
Everage is appealing the verdict. Tuesday's secret hearing centered concerned the public defender assigned to Everage's case. Everage's new lawyer believes the public defender may have had a conflict of interest in the case, and maybe shouldn't have represented him in the first place. The new lawyer needed the courts permission to question the public defender about it. All of this was done behind closed doors.
UMMMMMMM, THEN I GUESS THE "CAPACITY" WOULD BE UNLAWFUL FOR YOU, OR ANY FEDERAL AGENT, TO SUPRESS ANY SPEECH OF ANY CITIZEN. ESPECIALLY MINE. SO THE ANSWER IS THE SAME AS THE "EXPERTS" AND THEIR REPORTS YOU SHOWED THE JURY.