I just got the okay to post that the D.C. firm of Covington and Burling will be providing pro bono assistance to public defender Bob Evans in the Cory Maye case.

Covington’s a well-funded, very prestigious law firm, with offices in D.C., New York, San Francisco, London, and Brussels.

This has been in the works since December, when Abe Pafford, an associate there, read the first posts on the Maye case on the site you’re reading.

Covington partner Michael Labson will be heading up the legal team, along with Pafford and a few other lawyers with considerable criminal justice experience, including a former federal prosecutor.

This is terrific news, and the firm deserves a ton of credit.

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