People were discussing why KM did not take the plea deal offered to her by the prosecution. Some were saying it was nonsensical and illogical that her legal team, Kawass and DeCoste, would advise her not to take the plea deal. She would be a free woman, of course they would advise her to take it. They duty is to their client, to represent them to the best of their ability and to act in their best interests. And I did agree with that. However after seeing TK's IG posts on Fanci Fiction's YT channel I actually have a different take on it.Jansen then raised the issue of Katie's lawyers doing the same thing.
Kawass is a highly skilled and experienced defence attorney. She knows the law. Sure she would listen to her client, understand their plight, the adversity they've faced, the bad hand they've been dealt and might sympathise and empathise. But TK is not stupid. She knows clients lie to their attorneys and she understood the highly incriminating evidence that implicated KM. Yet she went on this moral crusade, campaigning against the injustice that "plagued" her client, stating:
"There is no logical reason why a single mother of two with no criminal history whatsoever would reject that plea if she were guilty."
Yet she did reject it and she is guilty. So why? I believe Kawass pressured KM into rejecting the plea deal for her own selfish reasons. What a great story, working class single mother of two, jailed for a crime she didn't commit, but freed by her attorney who never gave up fighting for her. Kawass saw fame and fortune. She was going to be the next Johnnie Cochran. Instead of thinking about her defence strategy she was thinking about what to wear on to the Oprah Winfrey show.
She knew KM was guilty, a 5 year old could have determined that, but a plea deal didn't fit in with her plan, didn't give her her 15 minutes of fame. There was no way she was going to let KM accept that deal. She would have sold this story to KM, convincing her she would walk out of court a free woman, hand in hand with the heroic lawyer who saved her life. Finally vindicated.
Ironically Kawass's self serving campaign against injustice saw justice being served. Her guilty client was jailed and I hope Kawass can take some comfort now as I'm assuming her faith in the justice is now restored. #sarcasm
"These cases are the ones that make me lose faith in the justice system."
I wonder if the irony is lost on her. If Kawass had pushed KM to take the deal, she would be a free woman and justice would not have been served, so by pressuring her client not to take the deal, she ensured justice was ultimately served.
(my post from Reddit).