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Teen sent 'hobo hunting' text before killing homeless woman with pellet gun: prosecutors (www.rawstory.com)

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Prosecutors say that 18-year-old William Innes, who was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 68-year-old Annette Pershal, sent the text to a group that includes his co-defendant, 19-year-old Ryan Hopkins, reported KNSD-TV.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not a lawyer but I went and checked the ABA because I was pretty sure the term "zealous advocate" was in the duties and responsibilities. Here's what I found on the ABA site, "As advocate, a lawyer zealously asserts the client's position under the rules of the adversary system."[1]

Lawyers, especially defense lawyers, get a lot of hate for being zealous about even the most vile client's defense, but I promise that if anyone reading this ever needs a lawyer you'll be glad as fuck that they are duty bound to not half ass your defense.

[1]https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/model_rules_of_professional_conduct_preamble_scope/

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You all keep acting like he was forced to take the case. He wasn't. He did it for the money, knowing full well what a scumbag his client is. I'm not about to sympathize with someone who's making a fuckton of money by literally shilling for an actual psychopath.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Say you were accused of killing a baby. A news article ran that said you texted, "Lol about to go eat some babies!" You look like an absolute psychopath. Do you deserve representation?

Going further you know you didn't kill the baby. The message was an unrelated tasteless joke about religion. You've been convicted in the court of public opinion by the aforementioned article about your deeds though. Do you think it would be fair to you, in an adversarial justice system, to not have the absolute best representation? Do you think, in those circumstances, that you should only be allowed to hire a lawyer that will half ass your case?