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- I didn't have a basic grasp of the complex appeals process that shaped death penalty litigation, a process that would in time become as familiar to me as the back of my hand.†
p. 3.7litigation = the process of a engaging in a lawsuit
- I discovered that the law school offered an unusual one-month intensive course on race and poverty litigation taught by Betsy Bartholet, a law professor who had worked as an attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.†
p. 5.4
- I piled up courses on constitutional law, litigation, appellate procedure, federal courts, and collateral remedies.†
p. 12.8 *
- I was immediately thrown into litigation with pressing deadlines and didn't have time to find a place to live— and my $14,000 annual salary didn't leave me with much money for rent—so Steve kindly took me in.†
p. 35.2
- The additional prison conditions litigation meant a lot of long-distance driving and extremely long hours.†
p. 38.5
- Developing the trust of clients is not only necessary to manage the complexities of the litigation and deal with the stress of a potential execution; it's also key to effective advocacy.†
p. 104.6
- At the end of three days of intense litigation, the judge adjourned the proceedings in the late afternoon.†
p. 183.3
- The attorney general's motion asked the court to stay the litigation and not issue a ruling because they "may have uncovered exculpatory evidence favorable to Mr. McMillian that could entitle him to a new trial," but they needed more time to complete their investigation.†
p. 218.5
- Rob McDuff, an old friend of mine from Jackson, Mississippi, agreed to join our team for the civil litigation.†
p. 246.3
- Rob is a white native Mississippian whose Southern charm and manner enhanced his outstanding litigation skills in Alabama courts.†
p. 246.3
- After a year of depositions, hearings, and pretrial litigation, we eventually reached a settlement with most of the defendants that would provide Walter with a few hundred thousand dollars.†
p. 247.6
- Teaching and increased fund-raising responsibilities got piled on top of my bulging litigation docket, but somehow things progressed.†
p. 250.7
- In preparing litigation on behalf of the children we were representing, it was clear that these shocking and senseless crimes couldn't be evaluated honestly without understanding the lives these children had been forced to endure.†
p. 267.7
- Our litigation strategy was complicated by the fact that more than 2,500 children in the United States had been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.†
p. 269.7
- He proved to be an outstanding litigator and an extremely effective project manager.†
p. 280.5litigator = a lawyer involved in a lawsuit or generally involved in lawsuits
- Following the Nelson litigation, questions about the drug combination that most states used to carry out lethal injections arose.†
p. 282.3litigation = the process of a engaging in a lawsuit
- We were still very actively litigating on behalf of condemned children in Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana—Southern states where we had litigated previously.†
p. 282.9litigating = engaging in legal proceedings
- We were still very actively litigating on behalf of condemned children in Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana—Southern states where we had litigated previously.†
p. 282.9litigated = engaged in legal proceedings
- Continued litigation about lethal injection protocols and other questions about the reliability of the death penalty slowed the execution rate in Alabama dramatically.†
p. 297.3litigation = the process of a engaging in a lawsuit
- Joshua Carter and Robert Caston were the first two cases we decided to litigate.†
p. 304.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(litigate) use a court to settle a disagreement with force of law
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)