Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
4-25-2017
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Abstract
The Supreme Court yesterday April 24 2017 heard the case of an Alabama death row inmate James McWilliams A thus far overlooked argument could save his life and help level the playing field in other capital cases The Court in 1985 promised independent expertise Now is its chance to make good on that promise
Recommended Citation
Fredrick E. Vars,
An Indigent Criminal Defendant is Entitled to 'An Expert of His Own',
(2017).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/725