MACARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC DEFENSE, AND OTHER NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATIO

08 22 16 Press Release – 8th Cir Amicus – FINAL

Christeson Amicus Brief FILED

The nation’s three leading criminal defense associations and a premier non-profit civil rights law firm are urging the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis to overturn a federal district court’s arbitrary denial of funding that has resulted in deprivation of meaningful assistance of counsel for a mentally impaired death row inmate.