Mark Prothero was co-counsel for the man who was convicted of how many murders?
Mark Prothero Mark Wayne Prothero (1956 – April 19, 2014) was an American attorney in Kent, Washington. He was best known for serving as defense co-counsel for the Green River Killer, serial killer Gary Ridgway from 2001 to 2003.
Donald Brockett Donald Brockett (born 1936) was a Washington state attorney. He is the former Prosecuting Attorney of Spokane County, Washington. He is prominently known as the prosecuting attorney in the 1981 rape trial of Kevin Coe. After Coe was convicted of a series of rapes in Spokane's South Hill neighborhood, Spokane County Superior Court Judge George Shields sentenced him to a Life sentence, plus 75 years. Three months later, Coe's mother was arrested for attempting to solicit a "hit man" to murder Shields and make Brockett an "addlepated vegetable in diapers for the rest of his life" . The rape case became the subject of Jack Olson's book, "Son: A Psychopath and his Victims", which was later adapted into the 1991 film, "Sins of the Mother (1991 TV film)". After his retirement, Brockett served as an attorney with the Spokane, Washington law firm of Phillabaum, Ledlin, Matthews & Sheldin, PLLC. As of 2015, Brockett is retired from law practice.