alive? i do. i say that. you know, god takes care of me. he has my entire life. but he definitely, like one individual said to me, you better go buy a lottery ticket right away. i said, i just won the lottery because i m still here. what a wonderful and very brave man. still to come, we ll be taking an in depth look at the woman who is going to defend jared loughner. judy clarke. her past list of clients include unabomber, ted kaczynski. plus, gabrielle giffords knew that the political rhetoric in america was angry, it was divisive. just before the shooting she sent an e-mail to a colleague talking about centrism, moderation, toning down partisanship. find out what else was in that e-mail and meet the man she sent it to coming up in just three
opposite. why is judy clarke in this case the line in phoenix to defend jared loughner? it was not that long. the federal public defender said all the attorneys in the phoenix federal defender s office either declined to take the case or had a conflict. so, john sands reached out to clarke in san diego and because she is a death-qualified attorney, clarke is a good candidate. only certain lawyers are qualified for death penalty cases. clarke, as you can imagine, doesn t always make friends based on the cases she has taken on. after defending the woman who drowned her kids, the south carolina legislature passed a law banning outside lawyers, like clarke, in death penalty cases. after that case, clarke in fact, though, did return her $82,000 paycheck. within 30 years in defense law, here s clarke during the unab b unabomber case explaining why she does what she does. this is tragedy at it worst.