[sweetliberty]

"the tragedy of the lives that I saw made me vow that I would never take a divorce case in private practice and would never take any child abuse case unless I was 100% certain that the person was innocent and was being prosecuted because of someone lying to the cops."

I really wish we had a better selection of attorneys here for for family/juvenile court. We generally have the same basic collection for nearly every hearing. Most of the parent counsel is pretty ineffective, which makes my job easier, but sometimes it would be nice to actually see them have to work for their clients.

I agree with you though. I see some terrible things and I have a rough time retaining professional composure with some of these people. Generally, the sexual abuse cases, particularly the ones involving very young children, and the custody cases, are the ugliest, although for obviously different reasons.

[.38sw]

I'm sure you heard about the abducted child in Florida this week. The boy was abducted by a FRIEND of the boy's father, and the abductor was a convicted child molester. And the boy's father allowed this convicted molestor to take the child to school and pick him up. That father should be horse-whipped.

[Conservababe]

Its 30° with a feel like 15° and snowing. And the snow is blowing sideways in the howling wind. I can't stand the sound or the look of it today.

[persecutor]

You just get tired and then you start to find yourself going with the flow- which means that you don't fight as hard, or put as much effort as you should. I did it and had to stop for my own good. I got too damned depressed and that was not fair to me or my family.
Now, if I get into a fight it is my own choosing and is usually in the local political arena- we have many RINOs here and they make me angry. They are more liberal than the Dems at times.