Dwyer's lawyer, Guy Oksenhelder, said his client was known as a hard worker and very well-regarded. He said an attorney who'd worked with him told him he'd reminded him of tarnished Yankees star Alex Rodriguez. "He did not need to cheat to make the hall of Fame," Oksenhelder said. An emotional Dwyer pleaded with the judge for mercy, insisting his heart had been in the right place. "No matter if it was a petty larceny or a grisly double homicide, I did the very best I could on every case I had the privilege to work on," he said.