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Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by ijidak on Thursday December 05, 2019 @05:09AM (#21711197)
This is definitely a thorny problem.

I've seen so many terrible lawyers cost clients thousands upon thousands of dollars, because the lawyer doesn't really know how to fight the case, or lacks the skill.

And none of us think about this problem until we need it, and by then the situation is too urgent to research slowly and methodically.

Hopefully someone will solve. Seems like maybe business idea material.

Although, I wonder if Yelp offers sufficient screening...

Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by Cougher on Thursday December 05, 2019 @06:15AM (#21711478)
Thorny indeed. I was targeted and fired by my employer for being a whistleblower-in-the-making. I hired the lawyer that a doctor chose for being scape-goated in the same case. The lawyer was great for the doctor; not so much for the peon. So the same lawyer can be great or not, depending on any number of things.