Things That Make Me SMH

Do defense lawyers who screw up in capital murder trial ever get punished? If so, how, and has anyone heard of it happening?

Cory Maples was convicted of killing two friends after a night of heavy drinking and playing pool in 1997.  He's now sentenced to death row in Alabama. At his trial his lawyers basically informed the jury that they were inexperience and may look like they were "stumbling in the dark."  Maples decided to appeal. The state of Alabama does not "grant taxpayer-funded legal assistance” to people on death row who want to challenge what happened at trial. Somewhere in the process, Maples loses his lawyers and is denied appeal because his paperwork was sent to his lawyers, who had moved on to another firm. He missed the filing deadline.  Yet, the state of Alabama wants to proceed with the execution.  Read the article, Dead Letter Office.  It’s another indictment of our justice system.