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There’s a lot of pressure on a stand-up comedian’s debut album to properly introduce them to us, sight unseen; you need to be confident in your ability to sell jokes based on your voice and your voice alone. Luckily for LA-based comedian Cara Connors, her voice is one of their strongest suits, bolstering her record Straight for Pay, which was taped at the Hideout Chicago.

Connors’ vocal elasticity is truly a wonder, immediately bringing to mind Adam Sandler’s goofy impressions. At other moments, hearing Connors deliver a line in a strange, high-pitched manner makes you feel like you’ve been dropped into a Broad City episode and Ilana’s doing a bit. Connors’ various impersonations are akin to meeting a whole cast of characters that you’re already familiar with, even if you’re not fully acquainted yet: creepy divorced Uncle Jim; the drunk, dance floor-ready mom at a wedding; a well-meaning but misguided straight ally. Besides these caricatures, Connors also exploits her voice to drive home points, either as a punchline or to emphasize their own unease. And as a millennial, she’s got plenty of anxiety to go around, channeling it in ways that are not only funny, but also make the listener feel seen.

Connors’ cadences and level of energy might not be for everyone. You have to be ready to receive her wild, bordering on cartoonish (some voices even remind me of Homestar Runner or Cartman from South Park) delivery. But for those who are into it, Connors’ comedy hits home hard. As a fellow queer person who was raised Catholic, their observations about coming out and religion’s hindrance of self-acceptance were especially relatable.

Some of Straight for Pay’s funniest bits arise from Connors’ self-deprecating stories about discovering her queerness. Connors was originally married to a man, and her jokes about their divorce and her sexual orientation are hilariously acerbic. The album is littered with astute comments about topics both big and small, like how moms love a “pop of salmon,” which genuinely had me laughing out loud. There is a small bit of material, like her screed against Paw Patrol, that feels like a rehashing of something I’ve already seen on Twitter, but Connors’ singular voice manages to keep these moments exciting.

Speaking of excitement, one of the record’s best jokes arrives near the very end, when Connors indulges in some rare crowd work. She calls up an audience member and asks him to impersonate a lecherous old man who mistakes Connors and their girlfriend for sisters. The results are side-splitting and show off her improv skills.

If Straight for Pay is any indication, 2023 bodes well for colorful emerging comedians. Here’s hoping Connors takes the comedy world by storm.

Clare Martin is a cemetery enthusiast and Paste’s assistant comedy editor. Go harass her on Twitter @theclaremartin.

The defense attorney representing the suspect in the University of Idaho murders is facing questions from legal experts about a potential conflict of interest as she also represented Cara Northington, the mother of one of the victims, in separate criminal cases.

Brian Kohberger, 28, a Ph.D. student in criminal justice and criminology at Washington State University, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary in connection with the killings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in Moscow, Idaho.

The Idaho Statesman previously reported that Anne Taylor represented Northington, the mother of Kernodle, in four separate cases. NewsNation also reported on Friday that two other parents of two of the victims had also been represented by Taylor.

The only one of the parents we know Taylor has represented is Northington —who is also known as Cara Kernodle. Here's what we know about what charges she faces.

The Charges Facing Cara Northington

Less than a week after the Idaho murders took place, drug charges were filed against Northington, Fox News reported. On November 19, she was arrested in Kootenai County. She is charged with two felony counts for possession of a controlled substance and is listed on Kootenai County Sheriff's Office's "Active Wanted Persons."

As well the felony counts, she also represented Northington on a misdemeanour charge from August 2017, which has since been adjudicated, according to The Idaho Statesman.

Northington told NewsNation that Taylor, the chief of the Kootenai County Public Defender's Office, suddenly withdrew from representing her in the unrelated drug charge on January 5, according to court documents. That same day, Kohberger, who is accused of fatally stabbing Kernodle and three others on November 13, had his first court appearance at Latah County Courthouse with Taylor by his side.

Taylor is now listed as an "inactive" attorney on the cases where she represented Northington.

Cara Northington—told NewsNation that she was "heartbroken" and "betrayed" by Taylor representing the suspected killer of her daughter.

Newsweek has contacted Taylor for comment.

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Several legal and criminal case experts questioned Taylor's change to represent Kohberger and said it likely represents a conflict of interest.

"Can't understand how a conflict of interest didn't exist when AT took the case. IME w/the Public Defenders Office, when their office represented a client associated with a case they could NOT except the client," tweeted law enforcement analyst and ex-FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer.

"Have never seen a conflict like this overlooked by a court," she added.

"The mere fact that the public defender was forced to make a decision about which client to represent reflects a potential issue of competing loyalties," Michael McAuliffe, a former federal prosecutor and elected state attorney, told Newsweek.

McAuliffe said Taylor "is surely acting in good faith, trying to navigate the applicable ethical obligations," but the potential conflict of interest is "significant."