Imagine, if you can, being so fiercely committed to equal justice that you'd fight to ensure everyone had access - including the person accused of killing your child.
FOX 26's Greg Groogan shares the story of an incredible act of commitment and character of our own legal analyst and renowned Houston attorney Chris Tritico.On December 6th, 2020 native Houstonian Maria Tritico was sitting in a Palm Beach Park peacefully watching her fiancé play frisbee when a bullet suddenly, inexplicably struck her body. She did not survive.
Fast-forward 17 excruciating months to a Florida courtroom, where Paula Augustus appeared to plead for a new attorney to represent her teenage grandson, facing life in prison for the fatal shooting of Maria Tritico. Prosecutors cited a near-complete lack of communication by the defense lawyer with them, the accused, and his family. What happened next was nothing short of extraordinary.stepped to the mic and began advocating for the defendant, the very same man accused of ending his daughter's life.
Afterward, Chris Tritico, lawyer and heartbroken father, called his intervention "the hardest thing" he has ever done.