[freema]

The state’s capital litigation office in Raleigh has appointed a capital defender for Laurean, something Onslow County District Attorney Dewey Hudson called “not normal.”

Hudson said such action typically comes after a suspect’s arrest.

“I have many questions, too,” he said of the NCIS investigation. “I have some concerns about it. I want them to tell me about that. I don’t know why they’re not doing a more aggressive job of defending themselves.”

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/01/marine_lauterbach_laurean_080114/

[freema]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1952108/posts?page=606#606

[NCjim]

From the article:

Investigators began to narrow their focus on him Jan. 7, he said, and asked him to come in for an interview. But Laurean’s attorneys blocked those requests, Brown said.

Laurean was scheduled to meet with sheriff’s investigators the day before Lauterbach’s remains were discovered. His attorneys canceled the meeting, Brown said.

It seems that his attorneys bear some of the blame here as well...

[Girlene]

The state’s capital litigation office in Raleigh has appointed a capital defender for Laurean, something Onslow County District Attorney Dewey Hudson called “not normal.”

Any idea what that means? She isn't being held in custody last I heard. What's a capital defender? Does this have to with federal cases or capital punishment? Is this because she has asked for a lawyer, thus her interviews are over?