The right to counsel ≠ The ability to retain counsel
Poor lack counsel: lawyers cite low pay
(By Thanassis Cambanis, Globe Staff)
Eight-month-old Dwayne F. was swept into a pre-adoptive foster home after his mother suffered an epileptic seizure in court. It was not because she was ruled unfit, but because there was no lawyer willing to take her case for $39 an hour.
Posted by Prometheus 6 on November 18, 2003 - 3:37am :: News
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