Word: sonnett
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...case Smith is being charged years after the fact with attacks that were never investigated or proved. In response, his lawyers asked that Lasch be censured for her "cynical attempt to sandbag Mr. Smith and to undermine his fair trial rights." Even if the evidence is disallowed, notes Neal Sonnett, a criminal defense lawyer in Miami, "I doubt seriously that there will be very many prospective jurors who will not have heard or read about these latest revelations. The notion that Willy Smith is something akin to a serial rapist is bound to prejudice them...
...Noriega flap illustrates, the law also has the potential of blocking the funds that suspects need to hire the attorneys of their choice. The measure, complains Neal Sonnett, president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, "gives prosecutors the power to disqualify a Clarence Darrow while allowing a more pliable lawyer to remain in the case...