"I think our clients would gladly say keep them in the foster home or do something else with them if we could get out and save our livelihood," he says. "Win, lose, or draw, these people are going to be decimated by the time it ever gets to court."
The couple is accused of locking their son in a room measuring 8 feet by 10 feet that contained only a mattress, broken box-spring, and a jar for a toilet. His nine siblings had not seen him in two years. All ten children are now in foster care but could be placed with relatives.