Lawyer who defended Unabomber, Loughner to represent Tsarnaev

[Tx4obama]

Source: Boston Herald

The lawyer who got life sentences for a string of mass killers — Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Tucson shooter Jared Loughner and Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph — has been added to the defense team for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who has built a reputation for working out plea deals and sparing her high-profile clients the death penalty, was approved by a federal judge today to join the group of lawyers representing Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old accused of working with his brother to set off a pair of deadly bombs at this month’s Boston Marathon.

Clarke is a past president of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She was part of the defense teams that worked out plea deals for include Kaczynski, who pleaded to three killings and 10 bombing-related charges; Jared Loughner, who pleaded guilty to killing six people in the Arizona shooting that injured then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords; and Eric Rudolph, who pleaded guilty to several attacks that killed two and wounded more than 100 people, including bombings of the Atlanta Olympics and abortion clinics and a lesbian nightclub in Atlanta and Birmingham, Ala.

In allowing Clarke onto the case, Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler wrote in an order filed today that she “has more experience in federal capital cases,” and her “background, knowledge and experience enable her to provide adequate representation to the defendant.”



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[uppityperson]

1. I am glad they got someone who is used to these sort of cases. Hopefully it won't be drawn

out too long and become too costly.

[Tx4obama]

2. Probably won't be a trial. They'll do a plea deal in order to take death penalty off the table. n/t

[kestrel91316]

3. Well, she's certainly making a name for herself.

Not that Tsarnaev isn't entitled to counsel, but it would be nice if the average defendant could get the best for free, too.

[tofuandbeer]

4. +1

[Sgent]

8. Federal court

is a whole different ball of wax from state public defenders. They tend to be more on par with AUSA's -- its a prestigious, fairly well paying, job.

The attorney who was at the initial hearing was a Yale graduate with 10 years of experience in defense law.

[freedom fighter jh]

10. +1

[RobinA]

13. I Get Your Point

but the people mentioned were just "regular" guys without wealth or notoriety before their act. They became high profile because of what they did, not who they are. Due to the nature of their crime, they are at increased risk of getting a revenge death penalty. This is a step in the right direction, even if it doesn't go nearly far enough when it comes to capitol cases. Of which there should be none, but that's another issue.

[MADem]

5. She is the "LIFE" instead of "DEATH" lawyer. That's a lucky defendant. nt

[Tx4obama]

6. Yeah, but in order to get life instead of death he will probably have to give up lots more info. n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

7. With a record like that, what does the defendent have to worry about.

You know you're in trouble when your public defender tells you "we're gonna try to get you life without parole, but I start my vacation next month".

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. I suppose it depends on how we define "winning"

When your record is 0 wins, 3 losses, I guess a negotiated surrender looks like winning. Life imprisonment is no "victory".

[In_The_Wind]

11. +1

[geek tragedy]

15. She got the best possible result for her clients.

The choice behind door #2 wasn't acquittal in any of those cases.

Gotta know when to fold 'em.

[KoKo]

12. Who is paying for the high profile lawyer, though?

Maybe the article said...didn't have time to read whole thing.

[Tx4obama]

16. Court appointed attorneys = taxpayers pay. n/t

[truthisfreedom]

14. Jeepers.