Another Reason Why Defense Lawyers Are Despised

A woman is accused of murdering a ten year old girl and there is the girl's blood found on the woman's property.  Meanwhile the thug woman is also charged with cutting a woman's face at the Bellagio and what does the defense attorney say, she is a wonderful woman.
From the Las Vegas Sun:  A judge revoked bail for Brenda Stokes, the woman accused of attacking a Bellagio co-worker and killing 10-year-old Jade Morris, during a court hearing Wednesday morning.
Stokes, 50, has been charged with first-degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon, murder with use of a deadly weapon, battery with use of a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm, burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon, attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon and mayhem with use of a deadly weapon, according to an amended criminal complaint.
Stokes was arrested the night of Dec. 21 after she slashed Joyce Rhone, a fellow blackjack dealer, with razor blades at the Bellagio, according to a Metro Police report. Rhone survived the attack.
Tony Liker, Stokes' hired defense attorney, opposed the prosecution's request, noting the defendant intended to plead not guilty to all charges.
Liker, who called Stokes a "wonderful woman," said he met Stokes several years ago when representing her daughter in an accident case. Stokes raised three children — a daughter who graduated from UNLV and works in California and two sons who attend colleges in Texas and Ohio — as a single mother, Liker said.
"I don't think it meets the profile of someone who would kill a 10-year-old girl," Liker said. "She has no criminal history whatsoever."  http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jan/02/woman-arrested-bellagio-attack-charged-death-10-ye/
Yeah and I bet she didn't meet the profile of someone who sliced a woman's face open either, right Attorney Liker?
It's one thing to represent an defendant and do it with class, but it is another thing to paint the person as a saint when they are caught at the scene of a crime trying to slash someone's face off in an attempt to kill them and having a dead 10 year old's blood on your property.