Attorney Robert Shapiro's son?
deb...@comcast.net
Shapiro's son Brent died of a drug overdose over the weekend. It was
supposedly reported in the NY Post, but I can't find it. Just thought
I'd pass it along...
deb...@comcast.net
DIED TOO YOUNG
WE extend our condolences to O.J. Simpson lawyer Robert Shapiro on the
loss of his son. Brent Edward Shapiro, 24, died Monday afternoon after
an apparent drug overdose. Sources say Brent attended a football game
over the weekend and ingested some ecstasy at a party. His girlfriend
found him unconscious and took him to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in
L.A. Authorities confirmed he died of a drug overdose and the family
has consented to a toxicology screen. Calls to Shapiro's office were
not returned.
de Fragile Warrior Sports Supplies
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No parent should have to go through this and I am sorry that the Shapiro
family has had this happen to them. I often wonder if something like this
effects a lawyers career. Will he have more sympathy for parents who lose
children -- even adult children? Will he find it harder to defend a client
on drug charges? Or murder?
Tom Messareau (sp?) said that he went from prosecution to defense lawyer
because of a single case that effected him deeply. I wonder if the same
will now happen with Mr. Shapiro?
deb...@comcast.net
dead, & now Shapiro has lost a son. F. Lee Bailey better be careful!
Louisiana Lou
> Of OJ's "Dream Team", Robert Kardashian & Johnnie Cochran are both
> dead, & now Shapiro has lost a son. F. Lee Bailey better be careful!
>
I hear Al Cowlings is his designated driver.
Charlene
de Fragile Warrior Sports Supplies wrote:
>
> No parent should have to go through this and I am sorry that the Shapiro
> family has had this happen to them. I often wonder if something like this
> effects a lawyers career. Will he have more sympathy for parents who lose
> children -- even adult children? Will he find it harder to defend a client
> on drug charges? Or murder?
>
> Tom Messareau (sp?) said that he went from prosecution to defense lawyer
> because of a single case that effected him deeply. I wonder if the same
> will now happen with Mr. Shapiro?
What people often don't understand is that lawyers don't get into
criminal defence because they have any love of criminals. They get into
criminal defence because they have a love of justice.
In a democracy, criminal lawyers are the front lines, so to speak, in
the defence of the nation's constitution. I know many criminal lawyers
and only know of one that doesn't make justice his or her first
priority. They see their main job as giving the defendant the best
defence the law allows and keeping the prosecution honest and on their
toes. Most appeals I've heard of arise out of sloppy errors by the
prosecution.
As an aside, Nancy Grace is an extreme anomaly. Most lawyers involved
in criminal law have worked on both sides - as defenders and as
prosecutors. They see both sides as equally important. However, they
usually can't pay their law school bills off as easily working for the
prosecution, so there's a greater incentive to work as a defence
lawyer. In one Canadian province, the government will pay your student
loans if you agree to work for the crown for ten years, because
otherwise young lawyers can't afford to work there. The pay is so low
(starting at C$25,000 per year) that the staff can't pay their loans
back.
wd41
jmoney
Brent. He was truely a wonderful person, who went too early, yet put
smiles on so many faces. he had nothing to due with the trial he was in
8th grade. If you believe this is true then you should be careful for
all YOUR parents have sinned. God works on an individual basis...
therefore your screwed~
DGH
Also reported in the LA Times. <http://www.latimes.com>.
Bob Feigel
magnanimously proffered:
A strong, interesting response to something ... but *what* something
we'll never know, because you didn't include a reference to it in your
post. Just like no one would have a clue what I was talking about
unless I'd put a reference to your post in my response to yours.
"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen
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