Criminal Defense Lawyers
Can you explain how becoming a criminal defense lawyer is any different than selling your soul?
Definitely. The justice system depends on people getting a fair defense presentation in court… their “day in court” if you will. The goal of a good defense lawyer isn’t to get a guilty person off the hook. The goal is to see that justice is done for all concerned.
Yes, there are times when defense lawyers take cases and because of a reasonable doubt someone goes free when they have done something wrong. However, they usually end up in the system again for something else or worse crimes and don’t get away with those. Also, one must remember that if there is a legitimate reasonable doubt as to a person’s guilt, maybe they should be set free.
When a person sells his soul to the devil, to use your phrase, they get into a situation they cannot get out of or .. in the example of a defense lawyer, they defend someone against charges when they know without a doubt that the person is guilty.
The only time a person can truly know without any doubt a person committed a crime is when the evidence is such that there can be no doubt or that person witnessed the crime personally.
Criminal defense lawyers serve an important part in the system of justice. They must defend people to the best of their ability, and sometimes they defend people that they believe are guilty of whatever crime they have been charged with. But they do not know without any doubt that they are guilty without a signed confession of the crime and solid evidence that is undeniable. And because a person is legally assumed innocent, they play an integral part in seeing that justice is served in presenting the defense of people who have been charged with crimes.
I hope this explanation helps. One must remember that lawyers are people too, and they all have differing attitudes about what they do in this life. Some may have the attitude that it is their responsibility to get everyone they defend off the hook on whatever they’ve been charged with. I submit to you that in my opinion they may well have sold their souls. But those people do not represent the vast majority of lawyers who are concerned with the carrying out of justice.
Please note that this is my own personal opinion, and if you don’t agree with me, that’s okay.
Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Attorney
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