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Study of Small Town Justice continued:
 | It seems several people may not agree that Abilene, | |
| Taylor County, Texas is a "Friendly Frontier". |
| They essentially credit the city's law enforcement with | |
| systematic or consistent victimization of residents lacking political influence. Anecdotal evidence suggests minorities and poor Caucasians are prime targets. |
| Reportedly every component of Taylor County's legal | |
| system contributes to the problem (i.e. the police and sheriff departments, state and federal prosecutors, state and federal courts, public defenders, and private attorneys). |
| Woeful tales of injustice shared by some current and | |
| former Taylor County, Texas residents, have a common theme. Many attest to retaining or being appointed an attorney who promises, but ultimately fails to zealously challenge for them the apparent wrongs of area government and/or big business. |
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Culture of Quiescence?
In 2004, tenured law professor
Carl T. Bogus described a certain
“legal culture” in a law review article
entitled “Culture of Quiescence”.
See, Roger Williams University
Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp
351-397 (6/9/04), “Culture of
Quiescence” –
http://www.projo.com/news/pdf/20040630bogus.pdf
“Culture of Quiescence” expresses the “. . . thesis that there is a
strongly enforced taboo within the Rhode Island legal culture
against criticizing the state’s governmental institutions,
particularly its courts.” Id. at 353. Bogus describes it as “. . . a
problem in the wider professional culture – a culture that equates
disagreement with confrontation, institutional criticism with ad
hominem attack, and anything that even smacks of personal
criticism with contemptuousness.” Id. at 392.
Bogus concludes that “Rhode Island lawyers live in a culture in
which criticism is considered professional treason and punished
by both courts and colleagues.” Id. at 397.
In 2004, tenured law professor
Carl T. Bogus described a certain
“legal culture” in a law review article
entitled “Culture of Quiescence”.
See, Roger Williams University
Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp
351-397 (6/9/04), “Culture of
Quiescence” –
http://www.projo.com/news/pdf/20040630bogus.pdf
“Culture of Quiescence” expresses the “. . . thesis that there is a
strongly enforced taboo within the Rhode Island legal culture
against criticizing the state’s governmental institutions,
particularly its courts.” Id. at 353. Bogus describes it as “. . . a
problem in the wider professional culture – a culture that equates
disagreement with confrontation, institutional criticism with ad
hominem attack, and anything that even smacks of personal
criticism with contemptuousness.” Id. at 392.
Bogus concludes that “Rhode Island lawyers live in a culture in
which criticism is considered professional treason and punished
by both courts and colleagues.” Id. at 397.
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These and others are questions to be answered by an
extended study and community intervention conducted by
POPULAR, in and with regard to Abilene, Texas.
extended study and community intervention conducted by
POPULAR, in and with regard to Abilene, Texas.
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Cases:
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Public Interest
Lobbyists:
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Advocates Urge
President-Elect
Obama to Fight
RootCauses of
Corruption:
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Serving As Their
Own Lawyers:
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America's Medical
and Legal Systems
Reportedly
Threatened by
Corruption:
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Legal Aid Groups
Suffer Due to
Economy
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Taylor County Jails
Under Fire
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Obama,
Threatened in
Abilene, Texas:
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Goodbye Friendly
Frontier?
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Public Defenders
Are Refusing
Cases:
Read Story
President-elect
Obama Welcomes
Public Interest
Lobbyists:
Read Story
Grassroots
Advocates Urge
President-Elect
Obama to Fight
RootCauses of
Corruption:
Read Story
More Americans
Serving As Their
Own Lawyers:
Read Story
America's Medical
and Legal Systems
Reportedly
Threatened by
Corruption:
Read Story
Legal Aid Groups
Suffer Due to
Economy
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Taylor County Jails
Under Fire
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