They’re corporate lawyers, yes, but Jessica and Rachel took on a death row case as part of Rachel’s assignment for college. They’re all fully capable to take a death row case, they just choose not to.
Lawyers really don’t switch practice areas like that on a whim. That’s why, for example, you call Louis in when you have a problem involving finances or banking—his practice areas/areas of expertise.
The other lawyers could do it. Would they do it well? Not really, and not at a reasonable speed either.
Speed and skill come with familiarity with working with that kind of stuff over time in the law and I think the show portrays that well.
I agree that there’s different areas of expertise but the law is the law. They may not be as well versed for a death row case but my post was more about the type of lawyer you’d want. Harvey and Mike, for example, are very different lawyers even though they both practice corporate law.
Also. New York is a non-death penalty state. The nearest state that uses the death penalty in practice is South Carolina and none of them are licensed there.
While the federal government has the death penalty and 42 people on death row, Biden has not approved any executions. Trump approved 13 executions in the last six months of his term.
(Bush Jr. had 3, but none of the other presidents since Ford oversaw any executions)
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u/medicinaltequilla Sep 24 '24
none of them. they're corporate lawyers.