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NP delayed FDs court appearance on Friday by a week because he’s so busy with another trial that’s in jury selection.
In the meantime, major media breaks about FDs lawyer KM and FDs contact with his wife; and bloody pillows and fishing knives.
Some on here have wondered at NPs silence, strategy, and perhaps commitment to FDs case in his uncharacteristic media silence as of late, as the money in FDs 401K that he’s paying NP with certainly runs low.
Looks like NP has been busy with other matters this weekend. While I can’t link here because it’s related to politics and not related (directly, at least) to the JD/FD case, you can easily find for yourselves what NP has published this weekend in a number of local news outlets in CT. Clearly NP has bigger fish to fry than FD. Not to say NP won’t be making a comeback at FDs hearing this week, of course, but just an indicator that NP perhaps isn’t as altruistic as he professes to be in his defense of FD.
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I don't think a lawyer like NP is ever too busy for some free, albeit bad publicity. I think either he recognizes how foolish it was to let his client give that dreadful interview or someone (the recently "hired" PI, perhaps) has told him his ridiculous accusations were only hurting any potential defense FD might have. JMO!
I recall that NP said he was handling this case pro bono early on. Maybe he is beginning to recognize the potential for this defense to bankrupt him. Cheney Mason says he lost over 2 million dollars representing Casey Anthony and I believe him. The cost of potential expert witnesses, a certain necessity with all the forensics here, can easily run into the 5 or 6 figures. Even with the PI working for free, how is NP going to "keep the lights on" and spend money out of his own pocket to defend FD? Those book deals aren't usually negotiated until after trial.
I know what NP has posted on his blog, namely that representing defendants in criminal cases somehow soothes the 10 year old child within him, but I am not buying that cliche. IMO capital defenders, and most other criminal defense lawyers as well, do what they do because they believe everyone is entitled to the assistance of counsel. It is a profession, not something used to heal the hurt of a painful childhood. The good defenders rarely engage the media and, if they do so, have developed a well thought out plan for doing so. Such plan was obviously missing here and it shows.
IMO and only my opinion, NP took this case for the publicity it could give him. It is quite clear that FD doesn't have the 500k (or much, much more) an experienced, nationally recognized lawyer would charge him. Essentially FD and NP are stuck with one another. FD can't look a gift horse in the mouth now, can he? NP can't withdraw without looking like a publicity hound. After all, he knew FD is, at least on paper, penniless. Let's not forget that FD is a high conflict individual, who is going to be a very demanding client, which again takes a lot of time to manage.
IMO, NP realizes he has made some very serious tactical errors in the way he so glibly pronounced theories that no jury is ever, ever going to accept. He is now trying to figure out how to undo the damage done. It will be interesting to see if my hunch is correct. As soon as NP begins publicly speaking about this case again, we will know if NP has learned from his past mistakes.. It will also be interesting to see if NP can control both his own and his client's narcissistic tendencies, at least publicly.
