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...were financially unable to hire an attorney to represent them at trial. A few states, most notably California, take pains to ensure that defendants receive competent counsel. But in many states, particularly in the South, there are no safeguards. Because most states lack a public-defender system, courts appoint lawyers arbitrarily. The result, says Bright, is that "people aren't sentenced for committing the worst crimes; they're sentenced for having the worst lawyers...
...activism seems to be pleasing people." With admirers mobbing her whenever she leaves her second-floor office, Richards can afford for now to ignore scattered criticism and bask in the honeymoon glow. The real test of her political skills will come when she has run out of boards to appoint people to and can no longer avoid tough decisions...
Jewett's announcement comes three months after Moses said that he would step down from his post at the end of the academic year. Shortly thereafter, Jewett said he would appoint an acting dean, while a committee searches for a permanent dean and at the same time conducts an extensive review of the first year at Harvard...
...what does anyone really know about Neil Rudenstine? Only the barest and driest facts are available to the general public. He had a long and distinguished career at Princeton. He plans to teach a seminar for first-year students and appoint a provost. He is said to be fond of opera...
While provost at Princeton, Rudenstine earned a reputation for being receptive to unconventional scholarship yet meticulous in upholding academic standards. Since his appointment, he has repeatedly emphasized the importance of attracting minorities into academia. He has announced his commitment to bolstering undergraduate education at Harvard (and said he hopes to teach a freshman seminar next spring). He has discussed the importance of University unity, the need for an overall educational mission, his aversion to absolute administrative decentralization. He plans to appoint a provost, a University-wide dean responsible for coordinating Harvard's atomized parts...