Carrie Buck's lawyer working against her interests, Paul Lombardo
Interviewee: Paul Lombardo. Carrie's lawyer, Irving Whitehead, colluded with lawyers representing the Virginia Colony to help insure that the case went to the Supreme Court. (DNAi Location: Chronicle > Trial of Carrie Buck > Epilogue > Betrayal by her attorney)
Irving Whitehead, who was appointed to defend Carrie in court, was one of the best friends of Aubrey Strode, the lawyer on the other side. But that in itself is not so strange. The fact that he went to report to the Board of Colony Supervisors, after he had lost the case, bragging that it was in wonderful shape to go forward to the Supreme Court, seals the conclusion that he really wasn't working in Carrie's interest.
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