Maybe someone can explain this to me.
US attys are given pretty much free rein to LIE and CREATE a fake scenario that usually besmirches the character of the victim.
In other countries, when attys lie, they are forced to stand before the court and apologize to those they slandered.
Why can’t US attys be held liable for their lies?
Why can’t US attys be held liable for their lies?
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because lawyers are scum.
This guy is getting splinters scraping the bottom of the barrel for a smidgin of reasonable doubt.
Their job isn't to prove their client innocent (that is supposed to be presumed), but to give the jury a reason to find their client may not have committed the crime, despite the evidence presented against them.
If that scenario is not credible, the jury will dismiss it as not being a good and reasonable defense and find the accused guilty if the evidence so indicates.
At least, that's how it is supposed to work.
He is doing the mother an incredible disservice, but he is doing his job. Unfortunately, he should be doing it in the courtroom, not the media.