French lawyer who defended child abuser surgeon dies in apparent suicide, prosecutor says
www.lemonde.fr
Maxime Tessier, one of two lawyers who defended convicted child abuser Joel Le Scouarnec, has died in an apparent suicide, prosecutors said on Wednesday. In May, Le Scouarnec was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing and raping hundreds of patients over decades.
  • Snowies@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    How do lawyers get cases in France?

    Are they assigned to them or do they pick them or do clients pick what lawyers they want?

    Honestly, even if he picked the case for whatever reason… just hearing the stories and seeing any of the evidence would drive most sane people to suicidal ideation I think.

    It seems like the lawyer wanted to be a good person but felt evil for having represented that monster, and I don’t blame him.