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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.