Stop this new FDOC rule
| FROM Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform
We need help stopping a new rule that would prevent lawyers from arranging legal calls with people who are incarcerated unless they already represent them. Proposed by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), this rule will make it difficult or impossible for individuals who are currently incarcerated to consult with lawyers. For instance:
You can help oppose this rule change by clicking here to send an email to the FDOC. You can also sign up to attend the virtual public hearing on the proposed rule change this Thursday, February 17, at 1 p.m. EST. |
So, if you are convinced and your attorney was a Public Pretender and you fired him prior to filing an appeal on your conviction then this new rule would bar your appellate council from contacting you??? I believe that this would rise to the level of due process violations under the Florida and United States Constitutions.
So, if you are convinced and your attorney was a Public Pretender and you fired him prior to filing an appeal on your conviction then this new rule would bar your appellate counsel from contacting you??? I believe that this would rise to the level of due process violations under the Florida and United States Constitutions. Of course I am referring to the possibility that the FDOC will merely state that the appellate counsel was not representing the convicted person at the time of conviction and sentencing. I mean we are talking about the State if Floriduh here!
Maybe someone should contact the bar association or some type of lawyer organization I’m sure a lost path of revenue would interest the organization,,,