The interpreter has interpreted three times a week for

several months for a deaf inmate being held in a state institution. She becomes

intimately familiar with the details of the incident that resulted in the

inmate’s arrest and confinement. She’s heard the inmate’s “side of the story”

many times and knows the goal of the treatment is bring the inmate to a level

of mental competency to allow him to stand trial. When the competency hearing

is scheduled, the prosecutor’s office hires the interpreter’s agency to provide

interpreting services. The agency assigns the interpreter to the job. What

should she do?