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Andrea Yates
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Originally posted by bilmore
No, I understood that - but the structure of appellate v. trial is a very short, squat pyramid - you can't just spend more on the one case that's going to be appealed unless you have a crystal ball - you'd have to spend a lot more on trial counsel to make the difference of which Ty speaks. And, like I said, I agree that we'd be better off if we had bucks for all of the wishes that we can imagine.
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OK, how about just cases where the death penalty is sought? That's where resources are being spent on appeal. 'Twould be better to get it right the first time.
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