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‘I have to pinch myself’: Judge gives new lawyer 2nd chance Associated Press View Comments Detroit — A Detroit-area man who shed a life of crime and became a lawyer is grateful to a judge who ordered probation over prison. “It seems surreal still,” Ed Martell told WDIV-TV. “It’s only been a few days and when clients call and say, ‘Can I talk to attorney Ed Martell?’ I have to pinch myself.” In May, Martell was sworn in as a member of the State Bar of Michigan by Wayne County Judge Bruce Morrow. Martell was 27 years old in 2005, a high school dropout with a criminal recor...

In 2005, Judge Bruce Morrow decided against a long prison sentence for Edward Martell, a young drug dealer with a growing list off offenses.

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'I have to pinch myself': Judge gives new lawyer 2nd chance June 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man who shed a life of crime and became a lawyer is grateful to a judge who ordered probation over prison. “It seems surreal still,” Ed Martell told WDIV-TV. “It’s only been a few days and when clients call and say, ‘Can I talk to attorney Ed Martell?’ I have to pinch myself.” In May, Martell was sworn in as a member of the State Bar of Michigan by Wayne County Judge Bruce Morrow. Martell was 27 years old in 2005, a high school dropout with a criminal rec...

Edward Martell, a 43-year-old man who was pardoned by a judge 16 years ago after pleading guilty to selling and manufacturing crack cocaine, returned to the same judge last month to be sworn in as a lawyer.