To: EveningStar
Has Burt Prelutsky ever considered that the notion that 90% of all accused are guilty is because prosecutors have to work very hard to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are in fact guilty. Prosecutors have to do this only because the accused can have a criminal defense lawyer work on their behalf. Could you imagine how many more innocent people would be imprisoned illegally if we did not have criminal defense lawyers?
11 posted on
06/02/2008 12:16:15 PM PDT by
pnh102
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To: pnh102
Has Burt Prelutsky ever considered that the notion that 90% of all accused are guilty is because prosecutors have to work very hard to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are in fact guilty. Prosecutors have to do this only because the accused can have a criminal defense lawyer work on their behalf. Could you imagine how many more innocent people would be imprisoned illegally if we did not have criminal defense lawyers? Precisely. This dimwitted column is equivalent to arguing that modern sanitation is a waste of money because hardly anybody gets cholera these days.
17 posted on
06/02/2008 12:39:04 PM PDT by
steve-b
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