Lethal Indifference The Fatal Combination of Incompetent Attorneys and Unaccountable Courts in Texas Death Penalty Appeals

A comprehensive study of the quality of representation afforded to death row inmates in the post-conviction process in Texas. Because of the mistakes & failures permeating the application of the death penalty in Texas, this report studied the quality & consistency of attorney performance in the latter stages of the appellate process, esp. the state habeas corpus proceeding. A high number of people are being propelled through the state habeas process with unqualified attorneys & an indifferent Court of Criminal Appeals. The current capital habeas process in Texas -- resulting from new leg'n. in 1995 & intended as a vital safety net to catch the innocent & those undeserving of the death penalty -- is, instead, a failed experiment with unreliable results.Leonard, Barry is the author of 'Lethal Indifference The Fatal Combination of Incompetent Attorneys and Unaccountable Courts in Texas Death Penalty Appeals' with ISBN 9780756731199 and ISBN 0756731194.