Prep school accused rapist Labrie - change in appearance from mugshot to trial

[Liberal_in_LA]

[madaboutharry]

1. His lawyer wanted him to look like a nerd.

If I was representing him, I would have done the same. It is called doing your job for your client.

[GeorgeGist]

5. lot a sick logic in the profession.

[madaboutharry]

10. Totally agree with you!

It is sad. Just look at the classic BS from the O.J. Simpson case. It becomes a sick game.

That said, I don't get this verdict. The girl was 15 and under age to give consent. Nothing else should have mattered.
In my opinion, the split verdict doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[hifiguy]

11. Zealous representation of a client facing the power of the state

is why we have defense lawyers. There is not one thing unethical or illegal about presenting a client in his or her best light. That's what lawyers who are worth a shit do and are required to do by profesional ethics.

"Even a goddam werewolf is entitled to a lawyer." Doctor Gonzo, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

[whathehell]

15. No one's saying it is..

Seems you are the one getting on a huff.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. He dyed his hair and eyebrows?

That's pretty bizarre.

[Liberal_in_LA]

18. he looks like an entirely different person

[uppityperson]

19. Looks like he quit bleaching and coloring them, went natural.

[Eleanors38]

3. That hair -- No Country for Old Men?

[whathehell]

4. Quite a change -- Looks like a 30 year old thug in mugshot

and a 7th grader at the trial.

His lawyer clearly knows his job.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. yes. also he said he is on his way to Harvard to study divinity

Pic #1 does not look like a young man interested in divinity.

[whathehell]

13. Divinity..really?

Agree totally on the picture, not to mention his activities.

[procon]

6. All that's missing is a onesie and his sippy cup.

This is how branding is done, his lawyers created the visual product they needed to market a defense based on their attempt to portray their client as an innocent youth who was seduced by a predatory female.

[cwydro]

8. Well, it didn't work.

Too bad, so sad.

[hifiguy]

9. Nothing unusual about this at all.

So don't go getting all up in a huff. It is standard courtroom procedure. It may be unconstitutional to make a defendant appear in court in prison garb.

When I was clerking for a trial court judge we had a murder trial where the accused was broght up from a federal prison to stand trial in state court. At the first appearance before just the judge he had long straggly hair and was wearing prison orange. First day of the trial he had a decent haircut and was wearing a coat, tie and dress slacks.

He wound up getting convicted by the DNA anyway.

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. no one is in a huff. just sharing how much his appearance changed

[hifiguy]

14. Oh, you weren't in a huff, but a couple of folks were.

It's just standard courtroom procedure.

But the transformation is pretty amazing in this guy's case.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. this guy's transformation highlights the role money plays in the justice system

[hifiguy]

17. In having a private, non-public defender, attorney, definitely.

But the guy in my example was represented by a PD.