11.   Attorneys representing the defendants did not return repeated calls and the defendants themselves could not be reached.

12.   Attorney John Hedgepeth, who has often represented defendant Herman Gordon Hutson Jr., said most pimps are a solitary breed and a conspiracy charge is quite unusual.

13.   A vigorous system for representing capital defendants not only means fewer wrong verdicts, it also means fewer death sentences.

14.   Albert J. Krieger, a Miami lawyer who has represented defendants like the mob boss John Gotti, agreed that a psychiatric defense would be an option for Walker.

15.   Buckman said that he continues to represent minority defendants in criminal cases brought after stops on the turnpike.

16.   But his race gave a platform to critics who could point to flaws in the system such as ill-prepared lawyers appointed to represent poor defendants.

17.   But James Ellis, who represents the defendant, disagreed.

18.   Carl Rauh, who has represented defendants like Clark Clifford and Robert Altman in white-collar crimes, said he would not represent accused bombers like McVeigh.

19.   Christopher Ferrara, who represented the defendants, said his clients would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision.

20.   Cornyn found some common ground with the Texas Defenders, an organization of attorneys who represent capital defendants and train other lawyers on capital law.