CASES AND MATERIALS ON PRISON INMATE LEGAL ASSISTANCE PRELIMINARY REPORT

• NCJ Number: 9840
• Author(s): D B WEXLER
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 379 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-70-053
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPORT DESIGNED TO ACQUAINT LAW STUDENTS WITH THE BASIC LEGAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING PRISON INMATES AND TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN LAW SCHOOL CLINICAL PROGRAMS.

Abstract

THIS COMPREHENSIVELY DOCUMENTED REPORT REVIEWS THE TRADITIONAL PICTURE OF JAILHOUSE LAWYERS AND DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF COUNSEL AND EMERGING ATTEMPTS TO MEET THE LEGAL NEEDS OF INMATES. SOME PROBLEMS WITH WHICH LAW STUDENTS ARE URGED TO BE AWARE OF ARE THE RISKS OF SEEKING RELIEF FROM A CRIMINAL CONVICTION, POSTCONVICTION PROCEDURES, DETAINERS, EXTRADITION, GUILTY PLEAS, PAROLE AND CLEMENCY, AND CIVIL PROBLEMS. NUMEROUS JUDICIAL DECISIONS ARE CITED AND INTERPRETED.