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Saturday, January 09, 2010
Ind. Courts - "David Camm lawyer withdraws"
Ben Zion Hershberg reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:
Citing “other personal and professional commitments,” David Camm’s primary lawyer has withdrawn from the pending third trial of his murder case.Katharine Liell of Bloomington has represented Camm for nearly eight years, taking the case soon after Camm’s first conviction in 2002 for the murder of his wife Kimberly and their two children, Bradley 7, and Jill, 5, in September 2000.
“I remain committed to assisting in whatever way I can,” Liell said Friday. “But this battle needs a new commander.”
On Thursday, Warrick County Superior Court, where Camm was tried for the second time in 2006, appointed Richard Kammen, an experienced Indianapolis-based defense lawyer, to replace Liell as Camm’s primary lawyer. Stacy Uliana, who represented Camm with Liell, also was appointed Thursday to work with Kammen. * * *
Four years ago when the Warrick County trial was beginning, Liell said, “my circumstances were different.
“I have three teenagers now” in addition to a busy legal practice, she said.
She said she was delighted that Kammen will become lead defense counsel, having worked with him for 4-1/2 years early in her career.
“He is a wonderful attorney” with experience in many state and federal murder cases, she said.
Sam Lockhart, Camm’s uncle and a leader of efforts to free him, said Liell will be missed.
“She put everything into freeing” his nephew, Lockhart said.
Liell and Uliana have asked for the appointment of a special prosecutor to replace Henderson, claiming he has a conflict of interest because he negotiated a book deal about the Camm case last year.
Henderson has denied having a conflict. He said the book deal was contingent on Camm’s conviction being upheld.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 9, 2010 08:14 AM
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