Re: Thoughts on homepages for felons?

harold e. pepinsky (pepinsky@indiana.edu)
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 08:34:09 -0500 (EST)

Hi Mike. Again, I think Jim shouldn't have to take on the sheer
workload, but don't you think prisoners enjoy the human right to be as
inaccurate as any of the rest of us, and god forbid, to do what their
lawyers wish them not to, even for the best reasons? l&p hal
(pepinsky@indiana.edu)

On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Mike Radelet wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> I would be very cautious in dealing with home pages by death row
> inmates. I have seen some set up by the inmates' friends that totally
> distort established facts in the case. More importantly, what a prisoner
> may say in a home page may conflict with her or his attorneys' strategy in
> the case. I recall one case where the attorney was arguing his guy was
> mentally retarded, and the state countered by showing the court that the
> inmate had a home page.
> -- Mike Radelet
>