lol. True.
And what you wanna bet the defendant will still have to pay the legal fees. If he don’t - the lawyer’s estate or the firm she worked for will sue him.
Ms. Darby was appointed. Most murder cases in Alabama, and certainly here in Lauderdale County are defended by appointed lawyers.
The taxpayers of the state of Alabama pay for their defense and if they ever get out of prison the legal fees are part of their fines; which generally are never paid.