Texas lawyer who lost all death penalty cases says he’s done
HOUSTON — Texas lawyer Jerry Guerinot said he no longer represents people accused of capital murder after four decades of posting a perfect record.
None of his nearly three dozen capital murder clients was found innocent.
Some opponents of capital punishment label him the worst lawyer in the United States. Guerinot shrugs off the criticism, which he says comes from taking notorious cases.
“My theory is if they are the sorriest of the worst or the very worst, I got ’em,” Guerinot, 71, said in an interview with The Associated Press. “Somebody’s got to defend — ‘defend’ is the wrong word — represent these people.”