Fight ‘Em ‘Til We Can’t

When you spend every day in the trenches fighting the big and small battles of criminal defense it’s easy to miss the big big picture, such as the fact that your legislators are currently debating whether to end the death penalty—forever. And one of our star public defenders is right in the middle of the mix:

“I am sick of doing this work,” said Ed Sheehy Jr., the Missoula public defender who fought for Dawson’s right to die. “I had to argue his interests … I can tell you it is something you will never forget.”

Go, Ed!

The legislation to end the death penalty is Senate Bill 306, full text of which is here.

(Note: You know you need to read the papers more when you learn about news like this from a pro-death prosecutor.)
[tags]death penalty, legislation[/tags]