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The sexual predator's lawyer

Shannon Smith was defence lawyer for Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics doctor sentenced on 24th January to up to 175 years in prison for molesting girls under his care. What was it like to represent a man accused of some of the worst sex crimes imaginable?

(Photo: Former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar (L) listens to defense attorney Shannon Smith (R) in Ingham County Circuit Court in Lansing, Michigan, 22 November 2017. Credit: JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

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