It's not about what's best for the lawyers. It's about representing indigent defendants.

The defendants have great lawyers, and great lawyers have to be good storytellers.

The 15 defendants did not have independent lawyers, they had state-appointed lawyers, who [reportedly] acted like prosecutors.

some of the best lawyers in the state.

It's just not fair to the defendants. Each public defender has too many cases.

[Bill Keller, the executive editor of The Times, said Ms. Miller had been cautioned by her lawyers not to discuss the substance of her grand jury testimony until Mr. Fitzgerald finished questioning her.] We have launched a vigorous reporting effort that I hope will answer outstanding questions about Judy's part in this drama, ... This development may slow things down a little, but we owe our readers as full a story as we can tell, as soon as we can tell it.