No pity for poor Amy

Norm Aubin, court-appointed attorney for Amy Baker, in discussing his client’s extradition to Kentucky for helping her lover dump the remains of little Marcus Fiesel in the Ohio River, is quoted in Thursday’s Enquirer saying, “She doesn’t understand why this happened… And it’s hard to explain to her why this happened when myself and the (Ohio) prosecutors are also at a loss to understand why this happened.”

That has to be one of the most specious lines in the history of criminal defense.

It’s happening because Baker played a major role in what happened to a helpless 3-year-old while exhibiting all the maternal instincts of a hungry Norway rat.

Baker escaped prosecution in Ohio by agreeing to testify against Marcus’ foster parents and her lovers, David and Liz Carroll. The Carrolls got the life sentences they deserved, but the general public never bought Baker’s claims of powerless innocence or thought she deserved to get off just because she was willing to point the finger at two other hungry rats. Obviously the prosecutor in Kentucky feels the same way.

It wasn’t the Ohio prosecutors’ responsibility to make sure she was immune from prosecution in another jurisdiction. That was up to Baker and the lawyer representing her when the deal was made.