Death Penalty
Idaho Killer’s Standby Counsel Ordered to Stay
Posted 9 hours, 23 minutes ago
By Molly McDonough
Lawyers who have been serving as standby counsel for the man who killed an Idaho family so he could kidnap and sexually abuse two children are being compelled by a judge to stick with the case.
The lawyers had asked to withdraw, saying they can't ethically continue because Joseph Edward Duncan III is basing his defense on an incomprehensible world view, the Associated Press reports.
"We are not mouthpieces, we are not gunslingers...that do the bidding of someone whose rationale we do not share and whose view of the world" is irrational, Judy Clarke, one of Duncan's standby counsel, is quoted saying. "We feel that the request is beyond what we should be asked to do...beyond what… Continue reading...
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