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Defender Mickey Sherman's Book to Come to TV, With James Belushi

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 12:22:18 AM EST
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Congrats to my good pal Mickey Sherman, CT defense attorney and CBS and cable TV legal analyst. Variety reports:

James Belushi has agreed to team with Diane English and Barry Levinson for an hourlong TV drama that will cast him as a defense attorney character modeled after the famed lawyer and TV commentator Mickey Sherman. ...... Sherman wrote the memoir “How Can You Defend Those People?,” and the idea is for Belushi to play a likable (ex-)prosecutor who defends the guilty and innocent with equal vigor.

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It's a terrific book, as I wrote here. Belushi is a good choice. Congrats, Mickey.

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    Defender Mickey Sherman's Book to Come to TV, With James Belushi | 8 comments (8 topical)

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    not to be nitpicking or anything, (none / 0) (#1)
    by cpinva on Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 12:43:39 AM EST
    but isn't this:

    defends the guilty and innocent with equal vigor.

    kind of the basic job description? you know, that whole "zealous representation" thing?

    it should be but (none / 0) (#3)
    by Jeralyn on Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 10:09:58 AM EST
    as this lawyer exemplifies, but then you have lawyers like this one who says: ""I certainly believe that anybody accused of a crime deserves to have a lawyer -- and that is constitutional -- but there's nothing in the Constitution that says it has to be me," .... Of course, he's not a real criminal defense lawyer but an ex-prosecutor and radio host.

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    and he would be (none / 0) (#8)
    by cpinva on Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 11:25:00 AM EST
    ""I certainly believe that anybody accused of a crime deserves to have a lawyer -- and that is constitutional -- but there's nothing in the Constitution that says it has to be me,"

    absolutely correct.

    the constitution only entitles you to counsel, it doesn't mandate who that counsel will be. i certainly don't want an attorney who doesn't want me for a client.

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    Why the link to Amazon.com? (none / 0) (#2)
    by Inspector Gadget on Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 10:08:23 AM EST
    It even has pricing.

    that's how Amazon does its links (none / 0) (#4)
    by Jeralyn on Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 10:10:14 AM EST


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    and I'd like people to buy (none / 0) (#5)
    by Jeralyn on Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 10:10:47 AM EST
    his book.

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    I hope you're getting a commission (none / 0) (#6)
    by Inspector Gadget on Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 10:10:51 AM EST
    for those :)

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    I do (none / 0) (#7)
    by Jeralyn on Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 10:14:24 AM EST
    about 50 cents.

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