child abuse lawyers: July 2010

www.falsely-accused.net Dr. Lorandos provides some insight into what to do if you are convicted If you have just been convicted, is there any hope? Thats whats called post-conviction remedies. Historically, a person falsely accused of a crime is represented by a trial attorney in the trial, and if convicted the same attorney also conducts the sentencing hearing. At http we explain that once the defendant is sentenced, however, another attorney specializing in appeals attempts to correct any injustices that may have been committed during the trial by the lawyers, the judge, or the jury. This is done in a court of appeals. While this practice of using the same attorney in the sentencing hearing and in the trial and a different attorney in the court of appeals is the standard practice, this kind of representation fails to provide the defendant with a full range of resources for post-trial remedies. At www.falsely-accused.net we explain that even excellent trial attorneys are not experts in all the legal issues that qualify for an appeal, but even excellent appellate attorneys are not experts in highly specialized cases such as child abuse cases. Heres one example: During a trial, a prosecution may call a medical doctor to the stand to testify that an arathema was found on the alleged victims hymen and that this is proof of sexual abuse. While an experience defense trial attorney knows that these statements are bogus and must be provided by scientific studies and medical ...