This prosecutor should be ashamed of himself for promoting such a fundamental mischaracterization of a defense attorney’s duties.
Yesterday, in his closing argument in the trial of #EdrickFaust, elected district attorney Kalki Yalamanchili boldly stated that the defendant’s lawyer, Ahmad Crews, has the duty of “[making] sure, regardless of what the evidence is, that he does everything he possibly can to walk Mr. Faust out that door - even though he murdered Tara Baker.” This was (correctly) objected to immediately by Mr. Crews, but what Judge Lisa Lott did to remedy the statement remains unclear.
Let me make this clear: defense lawyers are only under obligation to the Constitution. They are not intended to indiscriminately fight for the outcome of a client. They are, just as any other attorney, prohibited from fabricating evidence or information to mislead the court or a jury. Their job is to ensure the prosecution lawfully, and following rules of due process, proves its case beyond a reasonable doubt. Part of their job is to call into question the strength of the evidence against their clients, but not through stooping to the level of deception.
The zealous defense of a client cannot be equated with immoral advocacy. It does not mean excusing crime, ignoring facts, or endorsing violence. Undermining and demonizing that role by portraying counsel as morally corrupt for doing his job pressures jurors to effectively punish defendants for the stigma associated with having defense counsel.
If there are mistakes, prejudices, conflicts of interest, or any other reason to lose faith in an investigation, a defense attorney’s job is to bring it to the surface and hold the government to account rather than allow a defendant to be steamrolled into a wrongful conviction.
Mr. Yalamanchili’s suggestion that defense counsel exists to defeat justice “regardless of the evidence” is an attack on the very elements of the justice he purportedly believes in…but he knows this already.
#FreeEdrickFaust
#JusticeforTaraBaker
#Georgia
Ahmad Crews: “Not here, not now — not on OUR watch… You folks are the LAST LINE of defense between an innocent man and a system that has tried to break him.” 🇺🇸
Bias has no place in a criminal investigation!
Free Edrick Faust!
#EdrickFaust#TaraBaker#Georgia
Social media is not real life. That should be obvious to everyone. Nothing should be assumed from 3rd party Twitter reports, particularly without any information from me. So here is a 1st party source of information from me: Along with Tim Bradl, I remain one of two attorneys of record for Aidan Kearney and will continue to do so. I am engaged in defending a criminal case and free speech, not feeding Twitter speculation. So put
this one to rest. I will have no further public comment on this issue.
Message directly from Melody Wolfe, the mother of Andy, the soldier shot in DC.
Hello to all my wonderful family and friends 🥹 My goal is to give a daily update and I’m sorry I haven’t been on that. I want all of you to know that our family is able to be somewhat uplifted because of ALL OF YOU!
Here is an update on our sweet boy 💕
Andy has been surrounded all daily by family and friends, his fellow guardsmen, soldiers, airmen, US Marshals, MPD, our local sheriff’s office, and many other law-enforcement representatives. They have all been such angels to all of us 🥹
We continue to have complete faith in a total healing of our sweet Andy. He is remaining stable, with good vital signs, and while being heavily sedated, he still continues to be very active. Moving his arms, legs, and mouth. His pupils are dilating normally and his brain pressure is normal. All huge wins!
He has absolute best neurosurgeon, ICU doctor, and so many nurses that are helping to sustain him. They are absolute angels in my eyes 🥹
We know there is a long road to go, but our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and support of people all over the world. Our God is so good and I will continue to say this…Andy will have one heck of a testimony to share with all! We are praying for faith to be renewed in those who need it and for non-believers to come to know Jesus as they witness this miracle happening with our precious boy.
Again, we love and appreciate all of you. If anyone would like to visit, just message the day and time you’d like to come so we can notify the hospital staff so we can maintain organized visitations💕
The United States did not attend the G20 in South Africa, because the South African Government refuses to acknowledge or address the horrific Human Right Abuses endured by Afrikaners, and other descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers. To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them. Perhaps, worst of all, the soon to be out of business New York Times and the Fake News Media won’t issue a word against this genocide. That’s why all the Liars and Pretenders of the Radical Left Media are going out of business! At the conclusion of the G20, South Africa refused to hand off the G20 Presidency to a Senior Representative from our U.S. Embassy, who attended the Closing Ceremony. Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year. South Africa has demonstrated to the World they are not a country worthy of Membership anywhere, and we are going to stop all payments and subsidies to them, effective immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Public Service Announcement: Every #truecrime junkie needs to check out this new podcast by @defense_diaries. Bob’s father represented serial killer John Wayne Gacy and decades ago gifted Bob the secret interview tapes with the monster himself. This podcast series reveals their contents for the first time ever, with Bob’s fascinating commentary. I just finished the first episode and I’m already hooked. https://t.co/XiD1YiVw85
NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN LIVES MATTER 🇳🇬💔
You come online hoping to see something to laugh about.... instead you're hearing the cries of mothers and fathers, Sisters and Brothers holding on to their faith for their dear life, just because they chose Jesus Christ our Lord. Either Fulani Militants have killed them, burnt their churches, or raped them.
What about their Governors? President? Christ Organization of Nigeria? Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria? ... Apparently, you'd be a fool to trust in them...
What was their sin? They had to be in Nigeria 🇳🇬💔
#NigerianChristianLivesMatter
#whereisPFN
#WhereisCAN