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Dmitry Sklyarov Gains High-Profile Defense Lawyer

Posted by timothy on from the representations dept.

Diesel Dave writes: "There's an article on Law.com about Dmitry Sklyarov's new Lawyer. Renowned San Francisco defense attorney John Keker has agreed to represent the Russian programmer pro bono. Keker is quoted as saying: "I think he is being unjustly accused and that's the kind of case I like to do." and "[The Government is] always welcome to dismiss the case, but we didn't come in to make a plea deal." This gives me the impression he has full intensions of fighting this to the end. Good."

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  1. Re:Great news - Keker is top notch by Jason+Pollock · · Score: 5, Informative
    No other country determines case outcomes based on precedent as strongly as the U.S.

    How about the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and any other common law based country? Their entire system of law is based around the body of prior court decisions.

    Precedent is powerful. It demonstrates what the higher courts decided was meant by the law, because they let the decisions stand...

    Jason Pollock