Posted By:
Josh K.Adam M.
If you are referring back to my post where I stated I was a defense attorney, you need to reread it - I am a corporate defense atty - not a criminal defense attorney.
I will also say that while my political opinions are likely very opposite of tbobs, I agree with him 100% that every person accused of a crime has a right to be represented - in this country, you are innocent until proven guilty. Believe me, innocent people are charged with and convicted of crimes. While it sickens me when "guilty" people get off on a technicality - for example an improper search, I can live with it. I know that that is one of the costs that you must pay to live in a free society. One that grants you constitutional rights, such as the right to live free from unreasonable and unwarranted searches and seizures (among other many others). Moreover, while what happened to your uncle is terrible, if the accused was truly guilty, the person to blame for him walking the street is likely the prosecutor, the police or the investigators who didnt have enough evidence to convict - not the defense lawyer who was only doing his job. By the way, contrary to your other statement, rarely do criminal defense lawyers receive 6 figures for defending a murder case - often they are paid a fraction of their actual rates because the government is paying a private lawyer or a public defender to defend the case. These lawyers have no stake in the outcome and no reason to lie or put on false evidence to win a case. Sorry for the rant, but it really cheeses me off when unknowledgeable people make idiotic statements like that about lawyers.