TN: in defense of "defending those people"

Karla Gothard: How She Defends "Those People":

Chief Assistant District Public Defender Karla Gothard said people frequently ask her how she is able to defend “those people...”

“(B)ehind each headline or label, there is a human being with a story. When I look across the table at a client, I see a spark of God in them. I want to know who they are...”

“As a defender I tell the jury that it is like they are looking at a window with a shade pulled over it. A hole is poked in the shade and what they see through the whole is all they see of a whole life. My job is to lift the window shade up, so they can better see the client’s story...”