If a person accused of killing a child says they're innocent, defence lawyer Chris Wilkinson-Smith takes that at face value and tries to defend them. Faces of Innocents: How do you defend a child killer? He and his wife Michele – another leading criminal defence lawyer – are based at their central Auckland chambers. Statistics from Stuff's Faces of Innocents investigation show manslaughter charges have a much higher rate of conviction than murder charges. "If you're a defence lawyer and your client says they haven't done something then those are your instructions that you work with."

Source: Stuff July 27, 2016 12:13 UTC