So this video popped up on my YouTube feed. WARNING: copoganda, murder, discussion of domestic violence. The tldr is that the woman accidentally killed her boyfriend, the boyfriend got arrested for a few domestic violence calls so 🤷, but then the woman goes completely white lady on the situation and denies any responsibility and argues every point like a 5 year old. Her lawyers all quit because they can't stand her, and people are chiming in the comments that they knew her IRL and that she was a massive a-hole in her town. One lawyer quit over professional differences, and other lawyers quit for different reasons.
I sorta think that maybe this woman sucks, but locking her in a box for 40 years isn't gong to help anything.
I will mention that I've been burnt hard by narcissists in the past. But once I've learned to spot them, they're just often sad. There's a few in my various communities, and we all just sorta manage and ignore them. Oh, maybe I'm wrong, but they often seem more rich than the general population.
Apparently that part is also kinda copaganda from what I've heard, or at least I've been told that most quit due to normal shit like conflict of interest concerns or in one case, having to focus on trying to get a guy off death row.
edit: https://www.courttv.com/news/sarah-boone-accused-in-boyfriends-suitcase-death-pens-letter-to-attorney-and-judge/
Found this source that says her first attorney quit due to an "adverserial attorney-client relationship" and then the rest inbetween the first and current quit due to conflicts of interest.
As to like the actual question, I think its best to judge each person on their own. Personality disorders are extremely difficult to handle for both the person themselves and their surrounding, and society is really not set up in any way to help them deal with it in a healthy manner. But that doesnt necessarily mean you "have" to have empathy for those who end up causing physical or emotional pain and suffering, its up to you to make your own decision on that.
And for this lady in particular idk, the trial hasnt happened yet so theres definitely plenty of facts left out, theres reports of her and the man she killed being mutually abusive towards each other, and rumors of her ex husband having said she was physically abusive with him as well(Havent seen accusations of it being mutual in that case.) So idk, personally I dont feel like I want to or have to make a stand either way, its not something I have to concern myself with.
I updated the text. Thanks for the nuance. You're right, there's a lot more we don't know about this case.
What does this mean tho? Which interest is in conflict?
Some guy on reddit said one attorney had previously represented the deceased man in a domestic violence case, and another had represented a witness several times in the past, and then a third just had some unspecified conflict of interest.
But also someone asked for sources and they responded "Do your own research, I've been researching this case for 2 years" so that doesnt inspire great confidence.