10-05-2013, 09:09 AM
Magda said the following in Dawn's Post #483, above, referring to Lawyer Judy Clarke:
Magda, From what I have read of Judy Clarke, she has taken on some unusual cases where the evidence was ovewhelming in terms of the guilt of the defendant, and the death penalty would have been dealt. She has managed to save their lives and her motive is her opposition to the death penalty. In such cases she might have to try to convince the defendant to change their plea. There is a current case in Arizona where the young woman was found quilty of killing her boyfriend, and she has said that she prefers death to living out her life in prison. Judy Clarke is not her attorney, but if she were, she would argue the sentencing to be life in prison and try to have her accept such. Sentencing procedures will begin today in this case.
That does not mean that Judy Clarke would not defend her client on the basis of innocence, but in the case of the younger brother, he has been accused of a crime which in many US laws would bring a sentence of death. He is very lucky to have her as a defense attorney.
Keeping a defendant alive would allow an appeal or retrial later on, if that the decision of guilt had been in error. Putting a person to death is not justice, and as we have found out that many innocent people in the US have been executed in error. There has been a movement by some states to remove the death penalty all together, which I personally find to be a sign of progress.
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Biography of Judy Clarke, from Wikipedia:
Judy Clarke
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judy Clarke
Born
1952 (age 6061)
Asheville, North Carolina
Education
B.A. Furman University, 1974
J.D. University of South Carolina, 1977
Occupation
Attorney
Spouse(s)
Thomas H. Speedy Rice
Website
jcsrlaw.net
Judy Clarke (born 1952)[1] is an American criminal defense attorney who practices law in San Diego, California and has served as appointed counsel in many high-profile cases throughout the United States. Clarke has previously served as President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.[2][3] She also serves as a Professor of Practice at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia.[4]
According to the Associated Press, "[s]he is one of the top lawyers in the country for defendants facing prominent death penalty cases, having represented clients such as 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski and Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph. She has a reputation for working out plea deals that spare defendants the death penalty, as was the case for Rudolph and Kaczynski."[5] Clarke has also represented convicted Islamic terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui and child murderer Susan Smith, among others.[6] However, contrary to claims made by the Associated Press, Clarke was not involved in the legal representation of Timothy McVeigh, the executed perpetrator of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.[7] She has helped several high-profile defendants avoid capital punishment.[8] She's considered a "master strategist in death penalty cases" and opposes capital punishment.[8] Clarke returned to South Carolina the $82,944 fee approved by the trial judge for her defense of Susan Smith, so that the funds could be used to defend other indigent defendants charged with crimes.[8]
On January 10, 2011, the United States district court in Phoenix, Arizona assigned Clarke as defense counsel to Jared Lee Loughner, the perpetrator of the January 8, 2011 Tucson, Arizona shooting.[6] The Phoenix Public Defenders' Office had requested that Clarke be retained in order to allow Loughner to receive competent counsel without the possibility of a community-wide conflict of interest arising from proceedings against him for his alleged role in the shooting.[9] On August 7, 2012, Clarke brokered a deal sparing Loughner's life in exchange for a guilty plea to 19 counts, including the wounding of then congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. On April 29, 2013, Clarke was appointed to the defense team working with suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.[10]
References [edit]
1.^ Judy Clarke profile, The Washington Post, retrieved 2011-01-11.
2.^ Judy Clarke Elected First Public Defender President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, August 13, 1996
3.^ "Judy Clarke - Professor of Practice". Washington and Lee University. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
4.^ O'Neill, Ann (2011-01-12). "Lawyer keeps even the most loathed criminals off death row". CNN.com. Turner Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
5.^ Billeaud, Jacques (2011-01-24) Jared Loughner Pleads Not Guilty In Arizona Shooting, Associated Press
6.^ a b "Judy Clarke, who defended the 'Unabomber,' will defend Jared Lee Loughner". AOL News. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10. Text "main5" ignored (help); Text "dl2" ignored (help); Text "sec2_lnk3" ignored (help); Text "35623/ " ignored (help)
7.^ "Correction: Congresswoman Shot Stories". MSNBC. 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
8.^ a b c Glaberson, William (January 10, 2011). "A Defender Who's no Stranger to High -Profile Cases". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
9.^ "Famed 'Unabomber' lawyer Judy Clarke may defend Tucson shooting suspect". New York Daily News. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
10.^ http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-...62890.html
External links [edit]
Judy Clarke at Washington and Lee University School of Law
History at Federal Defenders of San Diego Inc.
Judy Clarke: Jared Loughner's 'Amazing' Attorney
Adele
Quote:I thought a lawyer for the defense was meant to defend against the charges?
Is she some sort of lawyer who buries inconvenient people away for the state with out looking at the rest of the evidence? I don't know any thing about her but this just seems odd to me.
Magda, From what I have read of Judy Clarke, she has taken on some unusual cases where the evidence was ovewhelming in terms of the guilt of the defendant, and the death penalty would have been dealt. She has managed to save their lives and her motive is her opposition to the death penalty. In such cases she might have to try to convince the defendant to change their plea. There is a current case in Arizona where the young woman was found quilty of killing her boyfriend, and she has said that she prefers death to living out her life in prison. Judy Clarke is not her attorney, but if she were, she would argue the sentencing to be life in prison and try to have her accept such. Sentencing procedures will begin today in this case.
That does not mean that Judy Clarke would not defend her client on the basis of innocence, but in the case of the younger brother, he has been accused of a crime which in many US laws would bring a sentence of death. He is very lucky to have her as a defense attorney.
Keeping a defendant alive would allow an appeal or retrial later on, if that the decision of guilt had been in error. Putting a person to death is not justice, and as we have found out that many innocent people in the US have been executed in error. There has been a movement by some states to remove the death penalty all together, which I personally find to be a sign of progress.
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Biography of Judy Clarke, from Wikipedia:
Judy Clarke
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judy Clarke
Born
1952 (age 6061)
Asheville, North Carolina
Education
B.A. Furman University, 1974
J.D. University of South Carolina, 1977
Occupation
Attorney
Spouse(s)
Thomas H. Speedy Rice
Website
jcsrlaw.net
Judy Clarke (born 1952)[1] is an American criminal defense attorney who practices law in San Diego, California and has served as appointed counsel in many high-profile cases throughout the United States. Clarke has previously served as President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.[2][3] She also serves as a Professor of Practice at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia.[4]
According to the Associated Press, "[s]he is one of the top lawyers in the country for defendants facing prominent death penalty cases, having represented clients such as 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski and Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph. She has a reputation for working out plea deals that spare defendants the death penalty, as was the case for Rudolph and Kaczynski."[5] Clarke has also represented convicted Islamic terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui and child murderer Susan Smith, among others.[6] However, contrary to claims made by the Associated Press, Clarke was not involved in the legal representation of Timothy McVeigh, the executed perpetrator of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.[7] She has helped several high-profile defendants avoid capital punishment.[8] She's considered a "master strategist in death penalty cases" and opposes capital punishment.[8] Clarke returned to South Carolina the $82,944 fee approved by the trial judge for her defense of Susan Smith, so that the funds could be used to defend other indigent defendants charged with crimes.[8]
On January 10, 2011, the United States district court in Phoenix, Arizona assigned Clarke as defense counsel to Jared Lee Loughner, the perpetrator of the January 8, 2011 Tucson, Arizona shooting.[6] The Phoenix Public Defenders' Office had requested that Clarke be retained in order to allow Loughner to receive competent counsel without the possibility of a community-wide conflict of interest arising from proceedings against him for his alleged role in the shooting.[9] On August 7, 2012, Clarke brokered a deal sparing Loughner's life in exchange for a guilty plea to 19 counts, including the wounding of then congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. On April 29, 2013, Clarke was appointed to the defense team working with suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.[10]
References [edit]
1.^ Judy Clarke profile, The Washington Post, retrieved 2011-01-11.
2.^ Judy Clarke Elected First Public Defender President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, August 13, 1996
3.^ "Judy Clarke - Professor of Practice". Washington and Lee University. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
4.^ O'Neill, Ann (2011-01-12). "Lawyer keeps even the most loathed criminals off death row". CNN.com. Turner Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
5.^ Billeaud, Jacques (2011-01-24) Jared Loughner Pleads Not Guilty In Arizona Shooting, Associated Press
6.^ a b "Judy Clarke, who defended the 'Unabomber,' will defend Jared Lee Loughner". AOL News. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10. Text "main5" ignored (help); Text "dl2" ignored (help); Text "sec2_lnk3" ignored (help); Text "35623/ " ignored (help)
7.^ "Correction: Congresswoman Shot Stories". MSNBC. 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
8.^ a b c Glaberson, William (January 10, 2011). "A Defender Who's no Stranger to High -Profile Cases". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
9.^ "Famed 'Unabomber' lawyer Judy Clarke may defend Tucson shooting suspect". New York Daily News. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
10.^ http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-...62890.html
External links [edit]
Judy Clarke at Washington and Lee University School of Law
History at Federal Defenders of San Diego Inc.
Judy Clarke: Jared Loughner's 'Amazing' Attorney
Adele