Just an idea to throw out here-perhaps AL (with the help of her mitigation investigator Jeanene Barret) saw up close that there was nothing redeeming about KC. I can't believe there was anything "fiscal" in her motivation to leave the case. A truly lame excuse if you feel someones life hangs in the balance IMO! However, she spent enough time (as did Jeanene B) around ICA and her family to see how this family operates now and in the past. I think this snip from her article in the Huffington Post is quite telling-
Fighting the Death Penalty: Hope for Change
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrea-lyon/fighting-the-death-penalt_b_630975.html
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Once, I defended a young woman for killing the father who had been molesting her since she was five years old. Unfortunately, I made mistakes during the trial and I lost the case. At its conclusion, I rushed to reassure her that we would appeal. What did she say to me -- this young woman facing many many years in prison? "Are you okay? Are you all right to drive? I don't want you to be home alone tonight." She was more worried about me than about her own sad fate. Happily, I did get her conviction reversed on appeal, and we settled for time served in lieu of a new trial.
What this story demonstrates to me is that even people facing the most horrendous prospects are still capable of caring about someone other than themselves. Time and time again, I have seen incarcerated people find within themselves unexpected capacities. Some counsel younger inmates; some mediate family conflicts; many make a positive contribution to the world. And even those who have demonstrated total indifference to the lives of others can change. Redemption is possible. As long as there is life, even if it is a life in prison with no chance of parole, there is hope for change.
Yes, there may have been conflict within the defense team and maybe AL didn't want to lose her winning record. But, perhaps AL (with help from Jeanene) saw KC's true evil and the evidence and simply couldn't bear to be a part of defending KC!! Long shot-I know!! But, I'm using AL's theory for "change" on AL! :angel: