Manhattan Beach attorney faces tough jury: engaged high school students
David Paquin takes questions from students at DaVinci design academy. Photo Manhattan Beach criminal defense attorney David Paquin visited the Da Vinci design academy last week, and found an audience of high schoolers with a fervent interest in criminal questions. They were compelled by “Serial,” the true-crime podcast that became a sensation when it raised serious questions about the case of Adnan Syed. Syed was convicted of murdering a woman in Baltimore in 1999, but serious questions raised by journalist Sarah Koenig engaged the broader public in the minutiae of a the criminal justice system that is usually hidden from view. With a lawyer in their midst, students wanted to know: did Syed do it? Paquin urged the students to think about things a bit differently. “I’ll tell you what. I don’t think he should have gone to jail, that’s for sure. Would I have gotten him off? Oh yes,” Paquin said to laughter and applause. (Syed is now awaiting retrial.) Paquin, who has represented several South Bay residents over the years, was visiting the school in Hawthorne’s Hollyglen neighborhood to speak to students about the ins and outs of criminal defense. Though the job had its challenges, he…
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