Hello and welcome to True Crime Daily's The Sidebar, taking you inside the courtrooms

and trials of high-profile and notorious cases from across the country.

I am your host, Joshua Ritter.

I'm a criminal defense lawyer based here in Los Angeles and previously an LA County

prosecutor for nearly a decade.

Today we are happy to be joined by Fatima Silva, a Bay Area-based criminal defense attorney

who works diligently to overturn wrongful convictions and the star of investigation discoveries

reasonable doubt.

Welcome Fatima.

Hi.

Thanks so much for having me.

Absolutely.

Thanks for coming on.

Fatima, your entry into the law is a very personal one.

And for those who are unaware, could you talk a little bit about that?

I think like most attorneys who love their jobs, it kind of started as a child.

You know, you just automatically were an advocate for yourself and other people and you

noticed that a young age, that's probably something you wanted to do.

So I noticed that, but there was definitely around the age of 12, a life-changing event

where unfortunately I lost my brother in a training accident and it turned our world upside

down.

I remember he was only 15 at the time, so he was young and it was some train tracks near

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