08-02-2016, 01:39 PM
There are a lot of sleazy defense attorneys out there, I agree. But, their job is to best defend even the seemingly defenseless to assure every citizen is afforded his/her constitutional right to due process. It's good that they exist.
In the case of the Seattle party killings, I think we know exactly why the perp killed his ex-girlfriend and the others. He admitted it before spending time in a cell.
His attorney will probably negotiate a plea deal that puts Ivanov behind bars for life in exchange for the prosecution taking the death penalty off the table. I hope that happens, anyway -- it takes so long to take a death penalty case to trial and the penalty is so expensive. I don't know if I'd feel the same way if the killer was older and had no mental illness though.
Ivanov is responsible for the killings, period. If he hadn't been able to purchase a gun so quickly and easily, maybe the three teen victims would be alive and maybe not. At least the defense attorney isn't blaming the victims like they often do, at least not so far.
In the case of the Seattle party killings, I think we know exactly why the perp killed his ex-girlfriend and the others. He admitted it before spending time in a cell.
His attorney will probably negotiate a plea deal that puts Ivanov behind bars for life in exchange for the prosecution taking the death penalty off the table. I hope that happens, anyway -- it takes so long to take a death penalty case to trial and the penalty is so expensive. I don't know if I'd feel the same way if the killer was older and had no mental illness though.
Ivanov is responsible for the killings, period. If he hadn't been able to purchase a gun so quickly and easily, maybe the three teen victims would be alive and maybe not. At least the defense attorney isn't blaming the victims like they often do, at least not so far.