Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Thinking about getting qualified to defend death penalty cases.  It's a scary thought.  Have to do a couple of murder trials as second chair in order to get qualified.  Have been assigned two.  One is really bothering me. A dead child.  And the attorney that is lead counsel?  I admire that attorney so much, I'm as so afraid of letting them down.  Think I already did.  Thought I had review all the discovery, but missed some and gave them misinformation.  I've apologized and will continue to try to do my best.  Am I doing the right thing?  I just don't know...

1 comment:

Jeff Gamso said...

If you're going to take on death penalty cases, you should worry about it. Not because you're not up to it either psychologically or in skill and commitment (I have no idea whether you are, after all), but because if you care about them and do them right (and if you don't you aren't up to it) they will drain you completely. And be the most rewarding work you do.

Best of luck.