martin: you ve got all these agencies that you ve got to coordinate. you ve got all these victims that you ve got to care for. this was a monumental effort, and then you add to it that this is a capital murder case. the preparations are absolutely incredible. yochelson: he was initially represented by two appointed members of the l.a. county public defender s office. great attorneys. he had excellent representation. but for whatever reason, ramirez s family chose to fire the public defender s office and bring in a series of private counsel. first issue that came up was who was paying for this defense, because mounting a capital defense under any circumstances is tremendously expensive. hernandez: and then he got mr. gallegos for a couple of weeks. woman: my understanding, mr. ramirez that you would like to have mr. gallegos as your attorney. is that correct? yes. mr. gallegos apparently had offered him
richard ramirez. there were tremendous challenges putting the case together. you have all of these agencies coordinating. all of these the dems to care for. this is a monumental effort. it is also a capital murder case. he was initially represented by two appointed members of the public defenders office. great attorneys. for whatever reason, his family chose to fire the public defenders office and bring in a series of private counsel. the first issue was who was paying for the defense, mounting a capital offense defenses extremely expensive.