Justice failed: how "legal ethics" kept me in prison for 26 years
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"Justice Failed is the story of Alton Logan, an African American man who served twenty-six years in prison for a murder he did not commit. In 1983, Logan was falsely convicted of fatally shooting an off-duty Cook County corrections officer, Lloyd M. Wickliffe, at a Chicago-area McDonald?s, and sentenced to life in prison. While serving time for unrelated charges, Andrew Wilson?the true murderer?admitted his guilt to his own lawyers, Dale Coventry and Jamie Kunz. However, bound by the legal code of ethics known as the absolutism of client-attorney privilege, Coventry and Kunz could not take action. Instead, they signed an affidavit proclaiming Logan?s innocence and locked the document in a hidden strong box. It wasn?t until after Wilson?s death in 2007 that his lawyers were able to come forward with the evidence that would eventually set Alton Logan free after twenty-six years in prison"--Publisher's description.
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African American prisoners
African American prisoners -- United States -- Biography
Autobiographies
Criminology
Electronic books
False imprisonment
False imprisonment -- United States -- Personal narratives
Lawyers
Lawyers -- Malpractice -- United States
Legal ethics
Legal ethics -- United States
Logan, Alton
Logan, Alton -- Trials, litigation, etc
Malpractice
Murder
Nonfiction
Personal narratives
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology
Sociology
Trials (False imprisonment)
Trials (False imprisonment) -- United States
Trials (Murder)
Trials (Murder) -- United States
Trials, litigation, etc
True Crime
TRUE CRIME -- Murder
African American prisoners -- United States -- Biography
Autobiographies
Criminology
Electronic books
False imprisonment
False imprisonment -- United States -- Personal narratives
Lawyers
Lawyers -- Malpractice -- United States
Legal ethics
Legal ethics -- United States
Logan, Alton
Logan, Alton -- Trials, litigation, etc
Malpractice
Murder
Nonfiction
Personal narratives
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology
Sociology
Trials (False imprisonment)
Trials (False imprisonment) -- United States
Trials (Murder)
Trials (Murder) -- United States
Trials, litigation, etc
True Crime
TRUE CRIME -- Murder
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"Justice Failed is the story of Alton Logan, an African American man who served twenty-six years in prison for a murder he did not commit. In 1983, Logan was falsely convicted of fatally shooting an off-duty Cook County corrections officer, Lloyd M. Wickliffe, at a Chicago-area McDonald?s, and sentenced to life in prison. While serving time for unrelated charges, Andrew Wilson?the true murderer?admitted his guilt to his own lawyers, Dale Coventry and Jamie Kunz. However, bound by the legal code of ethics known as the absolutism of client-attorney privilege, Coventry and Kunz could not take action. Instead, they signed an affidavit proclaiming Logan?s innocence and locked the document in a hidden strong box. It wasn?t until after Wilson?s death in 2007 that his lawyers were able to come forward with the evidence that would eventually set Alton Logan free after twenty-six years in prison"--Publisher's description.
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Lawyers -- Malpractice -- United States
Legal ethics -- United States
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Nonfiction
Personal narratives
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Sociology
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Trials (False imprisonment) -- United States
Trials (Murder) -- United States
True Crime
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Lawyers -- Malpractice -- United States
Legal ethics -- United States
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Personal narratives
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Sociology
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Trials (False imprisonment) -- United States
Trials (Murder) -- United States
True Crime
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Justice failed : how "legal ethics" kept me in prison for 26 years
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Justice Failed How "Legal Ethics" Kept Me in Prison for 26 Years
Justice failed : how "legal ethics" kept me in prison for 26 years / Alton Logan, with Berl Falbaum
Justice failed [electronic resource] : How "legal ethics" kept me in prison for 26 years. Alton Logan
Justice failed : how "legal ethics" kept me in prison for 26 years / Alton Logan, with Berl Falbaum
Justice failed [electronic resource] : How "legal ethics" kept me in prison for 26 years. Alton Logan
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Criminology
False imprisonment
Lawyers
Legal ethics
Logan, Alton
Malpractice
Murder
Nonfiction
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology
TRUE CRIME
Trials (False imprisonment)
Trials (Murder)
Trials, litigation, etc
True Crime
Criminology
False imprisonment
Lawyers
Legal ethics
Logan, Alton
Malpractice
Murder
Nonfiction
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology
TRUE CRIME
Trials (False imprisonment)
Trials (Murder)
Trials, litigation, etc
True Crime
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