I am incompetent! Anybody who thinks they are representing an innocent person and can’t convince a jury is incompetent or ineffective.
— Ira Dennis Hawver, a lawyer who showed up to his disciplinary hearing dressed as Thomas Jefferson. Hawver was… wait, what? Dressed as Thomas Jefferson? Yeah. I guess that’s the sort of thing Tea Partiers do. Anyway, Hawver was defending himself against possible disbarment after he royally botched a death penalty case with his “my client couldn’t have done it because he wouldn’t have left a witness alive” defense — making his turn at cosplay the second dumbest argument he’s made in the courtroom.
UPDATE (11/19/2014): Now there’s video of his argument. Check it out after the jump….
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