the lawyers tried to broker a deal last February in which Westerfield would reveal the location of Danielle's body in exchange for a guarantee that he would not face the death penalty. He would plead guilty and receive life without parole. Both sides were about to ink the deal, according to the paper, when volunteer searchers found Danielle's body.
There is agreement that the role of the defense attorney is to force the prosecution to follow the rules and prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
The problem lies in the fact the defense lawyers apparently knew that he was guilty based on the efforts to plea bargain by offering information leading the police to the girl's body. In this situation, the laywers are obligated to defend their client but they cannot ethically produce confusing alternative crime scenarios that they know are false (e.g., implication of the son, and the mysterious third party that may have had access to the house owing to the parents life style, etc.).
O'Riley was over the edge but based on the newspaper accounts,lawyers were technically in violation of their duties, too.
It is the credibility of these so-called "experts" that has been demolished by these developments.
Why are you saying this? If what he claims happens to be true, then this despicable lawyer does in fact deserve to be disbarred. For reasons unknown to me, many FReepers do not find OReilly appealing. However, you cannot deny the fact that he appears to be the only media personality that is unafraid to venture into uncharted waters. Aside from this current case, I for one, am happy he took a stand against Pepsi for almost utilizing Ludacris as an endorsement. You won't catch Chris Matthews or Larry King doing such.
I disagree. O'Reilly is dead on in this one. The legal system is unworthy of existence if it seeks to protect a child rapist and murderer. I don't really give a rats a$$ what the law says. If he admits his guilt to the defense, the case should stop right there and the bastard should be sentenced to death. Where has the morality of this country gone, anyway?