Judy Clarke
Judy Clarke | |
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| Education | B.A. Furman University, 1974 J.D. University of South Carolina, 1977 |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Spouse | Thomas H. Speedy Rice |
Judy Clarke (born 1952)[1] is an American criminal defense attorney who practices law in San Diego, California and has served as a public defender in many high-profile cases throughout the United States. Clarke has previously served as President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.[2] She also serves as a Professor of Practice at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, VA.
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Clarke is notable for having served as legal counsel in several prominent criminal proceedings, including the trials of convicted Islamic terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, the "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, child murderer Susan Smith, and the Centennial Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph, among others.[3] She has helped several high-profile defendants avoid capital punishment.[4] She's considered a "master strategist in death penality cases" and opposes capital punishment.[5] Clarke returned to the state of South Carolina the $82,944 fee approved by the trial judge for her defense of Susan Smith, so that the funds could be used to defend other indigent defendants charged with crimes.[4]
On January 10, 2011, the United States district court in Phoenix, Arizona assigned Clarke as defense counsel to Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged perpetrator of the 2011 Tucson shooting.[3] The Phoenix Public Defenders' Office had requested that Clarke be retained in order to allow Loughner to receive competent counsel without the possibility of a community-wide conflict of interest arising from proceedings against him for his alleged role in the shooting.[6]
Clarke is married to law professor Thomas H. Speedy Rice.[4]
References
- ^ Judy Clarke profile, The Washington Post, retrieved 2011/01/11
- ^ "Judy Clarke - Professor of Practice". Washington and Lee University. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ^ a b "Judy Clarke, who defended the 'Unabomber,' will defend Jared Lee Loughner". AOL News. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
{{cite news}}: Text "35623/" ignored (help); Text "dl2" ignored (help); Text "main5" ignored (help); Text "sec2_lnk3" ignored (help) - ^ a b c Glaberson, William (January 10, 2011). "A Defender Who's no Stranger to High -Profile Cases". The New York Times. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ William Glaberson (2011-01-10). "Loughner's Lawyer Is Called a Master Strategist". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ "Famed 'Unabomber' lawyer Judy Clarke may defend Tucson shooting suspect". New York Daily News. 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-10.