Justice Failed: How "Legal Ethics" Kept Me in Prison for 26 Years

This work recounts the infamous case of former inmate Logan, who coauthored this powerful book with former Detroit News journalist Falbaum. In simple, unadorned prose, Logan tells his story of the gravely flawed justice system that imprisoned him, an innocent man, for nearly three decades. While, tragically, this sort of miscarriage of justice is not unprecedented, Logan's case was fraught with wrongdoing on the part of police and prosecutor. What makes his case unique, though, is that the actual shooter confessed to the crime in a signed affidavit submitted to his lawyers, who withheld this confession until after the death of their client. Meanwhile, Logan languished in prison. The book's subtitle raises the central issue as Logan attacks the paradox inherent in the attorney-client confidentiality duty mandated by the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the ethical code of attorneys. Logan challenges the justice of a rule that requires attorneys to maintain confidentiality of their clients' disclosures, even when such confidences harm innocent individuals.