Is protecting attorney-client privilege worth keeping an innocent man in prison for life?
According to most legal experts, yes
Here's Adam Liptak's provocative essay from today's New York Times about why this is. When Law Prevents Righting a Wrong
Staples Hughes, a North Carolina lawyer, was on the witness stand and about to disclose a secret he believed would free an innocent man from prison. But the judge told Mr. Hughes to stop
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