10-18-2011, 04:50 PM
(10-17-2011, 02:34 PM)IMaDick Wrote:Yes, hire a good lawyer now. No, they should not hire someone who's never had a case in court or just wait for a public defender. Those aren't the only alternatives to my point.(10-17-2011, 02:26 PM)lawheeze Wrote: It sort of announces your guilt when you hire an attorney that has represented notoriously guilty defendants; doesn't it?
What attorney should they hire?
One that has never argued a case in court?
Or should they just wait and take a public defender after being arrested?
They are wise to hire a good lawyer now, it may help them not to say things that will later bite them in the ass.
I would do the same thing, guilty or not, I would hire the best attorney I could afford.
Hire the best attorney for the kind of legal advice you need. Greg Skordas represented Elizabeth Smart’s family. Or John G. Kelly who represented Nathalie Holloway’s family as well as the estate of Nicole Brown Simpson. But instead they go with the attorney for Nathalie Holloway’s alleged killer?
I’m surprised he was on the list they got to choose from, quite frankly. I seriously doubt he’s “the best” attorney to represent the innocent family of a missing baby. He’s the kind of guy you bring in when you are trying to make the best of a bad conviction that’s coming your way.
Also, in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping, it was a tip from one of her sisters that led to the identity of the kidnapper. Lisa Irwin’s family should really be grilling her brothers for info. That is unless they already know what happened to Lisa Irwin and therefore don’t need to ask.
In the meantime, it appears they’re “looking for the real killer” like OJ was.