Wonder what their screen names are.
and...how does the evil broad afford these lawyers?
The way the American legal system works is for each side to throw everything they have at it. Unlike the French system where all the lawyers are "seeking truth" - works fine for your average case, but if there's a lot of publicity and some social pressure, it does not work at all (see Alfred Dreyfus).
It has its downside - wealthier people get better representation as a general rule. Although the public defenders do a surprisingly good job, and you're better off with one of them than picking somebody out of the phone book.
A criminal defense lawyer friend of mine says, when people ask him "how can you defend this guilty person?" -- "My job is not to get somebody off . . . it's to make the State prove its case." Because when the entire machinery of the State plus public opinion is against a criminal defendant, it's not a fair fight unless the defense gives its all.
(I've been in the legal biz since 1980, in the appeals system for over 30 years. Never been in criminal practice so I have no axe to grind.)
Why is more space given to the attorneys than to the person who apparently was responsible for the tragedy? What’s her story - background etc.?
Uh, I am kind of dumb. She was driving drunk, killed a bride, was caught and this fool says, “Do not rush to judgment?” I am simply guessing but it may be that I am smarter than this scheister! ;-)
My opinion would be (not that anyone would care) that judging a person’s ability to drive strictly by their blood alcohol level is a miscarriage of justice.
A non drinker can and often is more impaired after one beer or glass of wine, than someone who drinks a six pack a week is if they blow .08.
Anybody can be hit by a car if they behave in a stupid way. That should be taken into consideration.
Just so you know, I’m a non drinker...
BS. She was drunk and driving at a high rate of speed.
She was wrong and ended up killing someone.
She’s guilty of causing her death.
There’s no *judgment* there.
Those are the facts.