‘El Chapo’ Lawyers Aim To Portray Joaquin Guzman As The Victim Of A Vast Conspiracy

“It sounds like the defense lawyers are doing the best they can with less than ideal facts,” Professor Daniel Medwed tells The LA Times. “Being an effective trial lawyer is managing the rules of evidence but also managing the narrative, so that you create sympathy and support for your side in a way that’s almost complementary to the evidence.”