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How bad can a lawyer be and still be considered adequate counsel in the united states? that's a question that has plagued me for the past two years while researching a story i first learned about through my dad. it's the question that's at the center of a story i wrote a cover story for "the atlantic" out today that examines the case of c.j. rice. c.j. rice was a philadelphia teen sentenced to up to 60 years in prison for four counts of attempted murder. rice has not only insisted on his innocence, but my dad, who was his pediatrician at the time, said that rice would have been physically inca...

Murder. rice not only has insisted on his innocence, but my dad who was his pediatrician at the time has said that rice would have been physically incapable of committing the crime in question. now, we would think that would have played a key part, a key role in his defense. but it has just been one of the many ways that his lawyer failed to c.j. right. and the injustice is far worse than i ever could have imagined. >> this is my dad doctor theodore tapper who spent decades as a pediatrician and south philadelphia. for years, my dad has been telling me about a former patient, c.j. rice. curren...

How Jake Tapper started investigating the conviction of one of his father's patients in South Philadelphia