For the first time, a U.S. district judge has ruled that defendants who are eligible for the federal death penalty have a constitutional right to a lawyer during the pivotal Justice Department hearing. And in another part of the opinion codifying the generally murky rights of federal death penalty defendants, Judge Josi Antonio Fusti of Puerto Rico also ruled that a second, "learned" attorney must be appointed to join local defense counsel in preparing for the DOJ capital case hearing.
August 10, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A recent decision by a federal judge has bolstered the rights of defendantsin federal death penalty cases.
For the first time, a U.S. district judge has ruled that defendants who areeligible for the federal death penalty have a constitutional right to alawyer during the pivotal Justice Department hearing.
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