On Steph Watt's blog-radio show on Sunday night, Richard Hornsby said Casey has up until trial to confess, plead no contest, or any such dramatics. Also it was mentioned that it would be a huge turn of events if just before trial, or even during trial, Casey said Caylee died as the result of an accident, and she panicked (wrapping her in duct tape, stuffing her in garbage bags, dumping her in the woods!). Then if she gave a plausible explanation that coincided with the discovery the prosecution holds, they could accept that "confession" and it would be a grand show for Baez. There could be minor sentencing but no death penalty. (totally paraphrasing)
Baez has said from the early days of the case (although I haven't heard him say it lately) that Casey is innocent and he has proof, but we'll have to wait until trial to find out.
So my questions are:
Wouldn't that be a bad thing for an attorney to do, allow his client to wallow in jail for two and a half years before showing the proof of her innocence? Could he get into trouble for that? Go before an ethics committee? Be disbarred? Who would let their client rot in jail for that long, holding proof of her innocence just so he could be "hero" with a big dramatic ending (like Perry Mason) while costing everyone involved a great deal of money?
Even if Casey confessed before trial, or claimed it was an accident at trial or whenever, how would that make Baez appear competent? How would that make him hero of the day?
If he allowed this woman to sit in jail all this time while HE withheld evidence that could free her, I certainly wouldn't hire him as my attorney. See what I mean? What are the legal ramifications? TIA