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November 2, 2013 12:00 am PDT
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UK legal aid proposal: bonuses for lawyers whose clients pleadguilty
The latest salvo in the UK government's attack on legal aid is a new fee structure that will earn defense lawyers huge bonuses if they get an early guilty plea out of their clients, who, by definition, can't afford to hire lawyers who are incentivised to keep them out of jail.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YGhSEmDhATM/story01.htm
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