Holder Ends Waiver Of Appellate Rights In Guilty Pleas

By Kurt Orzeck (October 14, 2014, 8:08 PM EDT) -- Departing Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday said U.S. attorneys will no longer ask criminal defendants who plead guilty to waive their right to later claim on appeal that their attorney was ineffective, drawing praise from legal ethics groups who criticized the policy....

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