The price of a free lawyer

Nearly all who were acquitted had private lawyers. Six in 10 sentenced to imprisonment until death depended on court-appointed lawyers.

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This chart does not claim that the type of lawyer determines the outcome. It shows a correlation, not a direct cause.

Chart: Tufan NeupaneSource: Kantipur analysis; judgments of all 77 district courts (2018–2026)Embed Download imageCreated with Datawrapper