Richard Bridge:

Mea culpa, mea culpa! I confess to having written sloppily.

The word "confessed" was inadvisedly used. I should have said "admitted". "Confessed" has a legal meaning which may include the legal conclusions that may follow.

She admitted having done the acts. Her "defense" was mainly something like "I did those things for my client, and anything I as a lawyer do for my client is privileged."

A lawyer is permitted--nay, expected--to do whatever the law and the rules of court permit in regard to defending (in this case) the case before the court. The acts for which she was charged and convicted had nothing to do with her building or presenting a defense in the case, and were in violation of court orders (which she had agreed to follow) and statutes having nothing to do with the carrying on of the case. Her status as the Sheikh's attorney did not allow her to, in effect, become part of the gang.

Dave Oesterreich