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Sara Baldwin, a ‘mitigation specialist’, works to save death-penalty defendants like James Bernard Belcher
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Sara Baldwin, a ‘mitigation specialist’, works to save death-penalty defendants like James Bernard Belcher
The death penalty case against James Belcher is back before jurors because his original death sentence was not unanimous.
From crime scene photos to death penalty cases, new podcast explores trauma lawyers experience Lawyers are ill prepared for the psychic toll of what they will see and hear once they pass the Bar exam, podcast creators say. Author: Anne Schindler Updated: 7:10 PM EDT July 15, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The criminal justice system has no shortage of trauma, whether it’s the suffering of victims or the childhood experiences of damaged defendants. But the trauma of lawyers working in that system often isn’t considered. “There's no preparation for how to how ...