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Old 05-08-2016, 06:17 PM   #40
reprise85
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I'm totally not defending the U.S. criminal justice system. But justice is about more than just one person. He is entitled to a competent lawyer, and without such a lawyer someone could get their sentence overturned on the basis of ineffective counsel. Also, there are cases where everyone - including someone's lawyer - could think one guilty when it is just not so. It looks very obvious to us that this happened and it was him, however where do you draw the line that someone is so guilty they don't even deserve a defender? Who decides such a thing? I would never be a defense attorney because of cases like this, and most people feel the same way. Yet, it is a job that needs to be done for our system to function. And at this point, as fucked up as the system is, it's the best one we have.

 
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