Ok, two things in the Baez interviews really jumped out at me
First, as to why he hasn’t shown outrage that the wrong woman was arrested and in jail for the murder of Caylee, he said:. “I apologize if I haven’t shown that previously,” “I’ve pulled out all the stops to try to get her the best defense possible,” “That’s what I’m mostly concerned with. I have to stay focused. I can’t get emotional.”
Well, he wouldn't need to prepare for a defense at all, if he could find the "real killer," would he? But instead he is working vigorously ... and rather ineptly, I might add, to provide Casey with the best possible defense. So, he knows that there is no one but Casey to blame for this crime ... and it would benefit him more, professionally, to try this case and win it ... versus taking a plea bargain. Even if he goes to trial and loses it would reflect better on him as a defense attorney than a plea bargain. Every client wants a lawyer that is willing to go to the mat for them ... but not one that is going to give up when the going gets tough! I tell ya, instead of visions of sugar plums dancing in his head at night, he is having visions of $$$$$$! I think that he is heady with excitement over his new found pseudo-celebrity! I honestly believe that he is putting his best interest above that of his client. If he is not careful he is going to buy himself a claim of "Ineffective Assistance of Counsel" when this is all said and done. Talk about a career killer!
Also, I have been thinking a lot lately about a possible reason that the State chose to seek the DP at this particular time ... If the State is worried that Casey might have a legitimate claim of IAC ... then it is in their best interest and the interest of justice, to try and have JB removed or have his role lessened and more experienced attorneys take the lead. They tried to achieve this by bringing into question the potential conflict of interest but the judge shot that down ... the only other way that the State could make certain that JB would not be lead counsel is to seek the death penalty. The SAO does NOT want there to be ANY chance for a successful appeal and retrial! I think that they are so confident of the case they have built that they want make sure that a well seasoned, well qualified and legitimate lawyer represents the defense ... they know what they have (we don't - but they do) ... and IMO they know that they can prove KC's guilt ten ways to Sunday!!
The second thing that jumped out at me was when he was talking about the odor of decomp. He said he read that Dr. Vass had once compared the smell of decomp to rotten potatoes (enter the rotten potato theory -- more credible than the rotten pizza theory and the dead squirrel theory, I guess.) But here again, he just doesn't get it ... like with the 17 hairs found by HL and none showed the banding ... this too, is irrelevant, since there were never any potatoes in the trunk of the car ... but there was fluid in the car that was found to be consistent with human decomp, a hair belonging to Caylee that also shows decomp, as well as a cadaver dog indicating human decomp. Furthermore, the fact that Dr. Vass thinks that human decomp smells similar to rotten potatoes is also irrelevant -- because -- the tests run at the Oak Ridge Lab did not consist of Dr. Vass sniffing the carpet samples and concluding, "Well, this is either gotta be rotten potatoes or a dead body" ... No, a highly technical test was performed, by highly skilled scientists, in a well controlled environment ... and a piece of lab equipment decided that it "smelled" like human decomp ... and while the machine may have never smelled a rotten potato ... "its" findings were not consistent with decomposing plant matter or pizza matter or squirrel matter!!
It's almost like he is proceeding as if the body was never found -- CONFIRMING that Caylee was deceased thus proving the accuracy of the lab tests!! These ideas of his would not be a bad strategy if the body had not been found ... he could argue junk science all he wanted ... and bring in expert after expert to say that the tests were inconclusive or that the science was too new to be trusted, when someone's life is at stake. But with the discovery of Caylee's remains (sorry GA) and all the other corroborating evidence, the "rotten potato" and "17 hairs" strategies just make him look foolish and ridiculous!
