Well-known Idaho defense lawyer takes on notorious 9/11 client

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Well-known Idaho defense lawyer takes on notorious 9/11 client
Posted by Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian April 20, 2008 06:50AM

Talk about pressure. One of Idaho's most well known defense lawyers has signed on to defend Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man the U.S. government says planned the 9/11 attacks. David Nevin's represented neo-Nazis, Idaho's worst environmental criminal, business leaders and a mother who helped her 14-year-old buy a pistol he used to kill a policeman, this morning's Idaho Statesman reports. And lawyers who have taken on high-profile, especially notorious clients say Nevin is in for a mountain of work and a new perspective once the case is through.

"The publicity given to it, the money spent, the notoriety, the infamy of the client -- all of those things are comparable," said Stephen Jones, the Enid, Okla., lawyer who led the defense of Timothy McVeigh, who was convicted of setting off the truck bomb that destroyed the federal courthouse in Oklahoma City. McVeigh was executed three months before 9/11.
Jones said the 9/11 case will take a toll on the lawyers' personal lives, subject them to media distractions and public condemnation, damage their law practices and perhaps threaten their security. The case will be extraordinarily difficult, he said, because of intense pressure for a conviction, a mountain of evidence, reluctant witnesses and a manipulative and secretive government that denies access to evidence on grounds of national security

[Diane_nyc]

1. Thanks for posting this. nt

[LakeSamish706]

2. Yikes, thats going to be very interesting to see how this moves forward. n/t