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To: one_less who wrote (73635)	8/29/2003 2:53:57 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) of 82486

I don't think it would be a problem. I'll wait till you've been there. I have former clients who would have said the same thing, until they were the ones on the hot seat. When lawyers know their client is guilty, I think it is wrong for them to try to subvert the just outcome with shiester tricks. If they "might" be guilty then we should all be trying to find the best path of proving that they "are" or they "are not." There you go again, subverting the basic premise of our criminal legal system. They are NOT guilty until found guilty. Even if they did the thing that they are accused of, that doesn't necessarily constitute criminal guilt. There are extenuating circumstances, defenses, etc. The ONLY way for me, you, or any lawyer to know whether they are guilty of having committed a criminal act is to wait until either they plead guilty, or a judge or jury find them guilty on the evidence presented and after a competent defense. Surely you know that there are more than a trivial number of innocent people in jail -- even executed -- because the prosecutor believed them guilty and they had totally incompetent counsel? Is that okay with you?

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