For many years, as a criminal defense attorney in Chicago, Illinois,  Cynthia Leyh defended numerous adults and juveniles accused of crimes such as murder and other violent offenses, armed robbery and other property offenses,  gang related activity, rape and statutory rape, child molestation, and drug trafficking cases, before returning to her home state of Arizona to continue her criminal defense practice.  Cynthia's experience with Illinois death penalty gives her an advantage over other local attorneys, as the death penalty statute recently enacted in Arizona mirrors the Illinois statute.