Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar Deplores Political Attacks on the Criminal Defense Function While NACDL does not endorse or oppose any political candidates, NACDL does strongly deplore attacks on any attorney, including political candidates representing any political party or ideology, arising out of the attorney’s representation of clients in criminal matters. Most recently, this disgraceful line of attack has reared its head in the South Carolina gubernatorial race. There, reported statements by current Gov. Nikki Haley and South Carolina GOP Chairman Matt Moore, and now a second round of television advertisements sponsored by the Republican Governors Association, do precisely that. NACDL President Jerry J. Cox said: The idea of attacking someone simply for fulfilling the mandate of the United States Constitution to provide every accused person with a defense attorney is inconsistent with the nations fundamental values. The founders of this nation recognized that no person should ever stand alone when the government seeks to condemn, imprison, or kill a person. To suggest that ones qualifications for office are diminished for having lived up to the ideal of the right to counsel is an ill-conceived line of attack.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:09:22 +0000
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