right to counsel

(Newser) - "How Bad Can a Lawyer Be?" asks the headline of Jake Tapper's November cover story for the Atlantic . In the case of CJ Rice, bad, or "dangerously incompetent," as Tapper puts it. Rice was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 30 to 60 years in...

(Newser) - The Obama administration is pushing for a Supreme Court decision that would curtail the right of criminal suspects to counsel, the AP reports. At issue is a 1986 ruling that prevents police from questioning suspects unless a lawyer is present. The Justice Department says the restriction “serves no real...