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To: The Dodgy Ticker who wrote (280613)	11/14/2008 8:13:44 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 794139

Our legal system demands that everyone is defended when prosecuted by the state. That is as it should be, but that being the case, the law requires attorneys look past what is often obvious when they defend the dregs of society. Certainly some attorneys are more selective in who they represent, but there has to be people who are willing to take the most heinous of cases. * * *

To: The Dodgy Ticker who wrote (280613)	11/14/2008 8:38:39 PM
From: ManyMoose	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794139

I have no doubt that ethics is a big part of Law School, although I don't know for a fact. I recognize the need for attorneys to represent their clients interests because that's the way our legal system works. By far the majority of attorneys are honorable and ethical. I have no reason to believe otherwise, except for bad lawyer jokes which probably have some basis in a small minority. What bothers me is that so many of our politicians are attorneys. The Clintons, Nixon, Obama and Biden, and Lord knows how many in congress. I don't know why that seems to be so. The result is that many of our laws are incomprehensible to anyone but attorneys, and as you suggest, expediency is often a factor in how they view the world.