Criminal Defender Super Hero to Defend Arizona Shooting Suspect

Bloomberg - Judy Clarke has defended some of the most infamous murders and terrorists in the U.S., from Susan Smith, who drowned her children, to “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, to the so-called 20th hijacker who didn’t make it onto the planes that struck on Sept. 11, 2001...Her newest assignment is Jared Lee Loughner, charged with the attempted assassination of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and the murder of U.S. District Judge John Roll in a Jan. 8 shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona, that killed six and wounded more than a dozen. Clarke was appointed yesterday to represent Loughner in Phoenix federal court. 

This is the face of evil personified? I'm reading the headline picturing some kind of creature straight out of the comic books.  Pale face, dark features, snaggle tooth, carries a pocket watch and wears a monacle, and of course, draped in a cape (yes I think Mr. Peanut is a villain).  Instead what do we get? Frigen Jane Goodall look a like, just out there crusading for evil in all walks of life.  That picture figuratively (trying to start a trend, see if we can get people off literally) blew my mind.  

My question, if you're defending people like this (henious, assholes of the world) you have to be just doing it for the thrill and gossip right? I really hope this woman got into defending  super-villains just so she could hear all the juicy details the media never gets their hands on.  Otherwise we should probably lock up this bat-shit crazy broad and throw her in a cell with all her previous clients.  Bitch is nuts.  

I'd figuratively (see, catching on) pass out from anxiety if I was in the same room as some of those people, never mind helping them prep a case and building a defense out of thin air. What kinds of motions could she possibly be filing? "Your Honor, my client really only meant to shoot Ms. Giffords, not the 17 other people?"  Good luck, she might be known as ballsy but one thing her clients all seem to have in common is that they're in jail, locked up. I guess that could be one other reason for defending these creeps.   Maybe she isn't so evil, just a double agent.  Build up your reputation and then bungle the cases so these bastards get locked up. Actually a pretty great career move.