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I'm a criminal defense attorney and what I hope that people get out of things like this is a little more rounded outlook when they are called to sit in the jury box. Don't just take for granted that that nice prosecuting attorney standing before you or that nice police officer sitting on the stand testifying are honest, fair and ethical people who will always shoot you straight. Some of these people are more crooked than the defendants or even their attorneys ;-) .

I used to have a very low opinion of criminal defense attorneys, UNTIL I started having dealings with prosecutors. I am in the process of attempting to get my local prosecutor to prosecute a deputy sheriff which the prosecutor even admitted in a pleading that the deputy committed a felony against me. He says it would be 'unethical' for him to prosecute under the circumstances. the circumstances are that if this deputy was prosecuted, the prosecutor would wind up going to prison as well.