To: EveningStar
There is a difference between defending a guilty man as an innocent at trial, and defending a guilty man by negotiating the best deal he can get in exchange for a guilty plea.
Defense attorneys serve an essential purpose in our criminal justice system and many of them will work pro bono for a client they truly believe to be innocent.
Not every defense attorney is an F. Lee Bailey/Gerry Spence level scumbag.
7 posted on
06/02/2008 12:12:35 PM PDT by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: wideawake
By design, it is an adversarial system. Not because it works well, but because nothing else works better.
8 posted on
06/02/2008 12:15:27 PM PDT by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: wideawake; EveningStar
Not every defense attorney is an F. Lee Bailey/Gerry Spence level scumbag.That's a shamefully dishonest and invalid juxtaposition. Gerry Spence is not a scumbag.
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