Our own Nancy Mullane is in London right now. Penal Reform International, an NGO that develops and promotes fair, effective and proportionate responses to criminal justice problems worldwide, has named her the United States winner of its competition…
In California, there are hundreds if not thousands of people practicing criminal law though they’ve never passed a bar exam. They don’t wear suits. They don’t have secretaries. And they can’t bill for their time. They’re called Jailhouse Lawyers. They’re inmates who pursue the equivalent of a lawyer’s education and who work as lawyers from within prison walls.
