Lawyers targetted for decision not to defend terrorists in courts

[druidravi]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/24/w...em&ex=1196053200&en=2fe91f9b6abdc96f&ei=5087

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NEW DELHI, Nov. 23 — At least 13 people were killed and more than 60 were wounded Friday in a series of nearly simultaneous bomb blasts outside courthouses in three cities in northern India, the authorities said.
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One of three nearly simultaneous bomb blasts Friday was in Varanasi, where nine were killed and more than 45 wounded.

All took place in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state.

The first blast occurred at 1:15 p.m. in the state capital, Lucknow, just outside the entrance to the city courthouse, near a bicycle stand used by lawyers. No one was killed, but television stations broadcast images of lawyers, dressed in the formal uniform of the legal profession, black suits, high collars and white ties, fleeing the area.

At least two more explosions went off within five minutes. One was outside the courts in Varanasi, a city holy to Hindus, killing nine people and wounding more than 45. Another went off in Faizabad, again near the entrance to the courts, killing four and wounding at least 14, an official at the police control room in Lucknow said by telephone.

The Indian government blamed militants trying to incite tensions between India’s Hindu and Muslim communities. But the death toll included several lawyers, and there was also speculation that a recent decision by lawyers in Uttar Pradesh not to defend terrorism suspects might have played a role.

Apparently the UP(state) bar association's decision not to defend terrorist suspects in courts made them target .

Is it a right decision by the bar association not to defend terrorist suspects in courts ? .

Either way after this act I don't think they have a chance of legal representation in India atleast .

 

[emzie]

Is it a right decision by the bar association not to defend terrorist suspects in courts ? .

How does your legal system work? Were they lawyers that the government paid to defend the accused or lawyers in private practice?

 

[druidravi]

How does your legal system work? Were they lawyers that the government paid to defend the accused or lawyers in private practice?

I think that the legal system here is if the accused cannot find any lawyer for defending them the court pays for some lawyer to defend them . So they are not government paid but can be paid by the government to defend in case defendant can't afford to / cannot find lawyer to defend themselves.

 

[West 36]

Whats with the "blow yourself up" fad? It's getting old. Think of something new guys (just please refrain from nukes )
At that, these are lawyers they're killing... sooo, doesn't the damage done get offset?

They should have representation in court, it seems like its the law and to me feels like the right thing to do. Plus, if they don't, the attacks would probably continue... but then would that be giving in to terrorism?

 

[Riffraff]

I think that the legal system here is if the accused cannot find any lawyer for defending them the court pays for some lawyer to defend them . So they are not government paid but can be paid by the government to defend in case defendant can't afford to / cannot find lawyer to defend themselves.

and do the layers sign something saying they will take such cases when they get their liscence?