In 2004 , after Defense Attorney Robert Jaffe withdrew from the case , she was appointed lead counsel for Eric Rudolph who was charged in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996 and other bombings a year later . Clarke and the defense tried to suppress evidence , but that motion was denied . After the prosecution announced that they would seek the death penalty , a federal judge also rejected a claim by the defense that prosecutors waited too long to announce they would seek the death penalty . In April 2005 , Rudolph pleaded guilty avoiding the death penalty . He is currently serving life in prison without the possibility of parole at ADX Florence
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
Judy Clarke