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RIP Gregory H. Clark

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Gregory Clark was gunned down earlier this week while shoveling snow. Clark served for years as an indigent defender often getting the toughest & roughest of cases. From the local press Clark, a well-known defense lawyer, was killed Wednesday afternoon, shot in the back several times by a gunman who ambushed him as he cleared snow from a sidewalk at his home. The gunman then got into a blue minivan and fled, police said. Police believe Clark was targeted by the gunman, and several in Rockford?s legal community believe Clark?s death is linked to his job as a court-appointed conflict attorney, defending clients who cannot be represented by the Winnebago County Public Defender?s office because of a conflict of interest.. . . ?It?s part of the realities of the job,? she said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 08, 2008 (boomark / email).