To: Don Pueblo who wrote (16341 ) 1/9/1999 10:44:00 PM From: Ilaine Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Hi Lather, somehow the fact that you were selected to be foreman does not surprise me. The fact that the defendant was bad - - usually, people who messed up, but don't make a habit of it, tend to get breaks along the way. I have never defended an innocent person in an actual criminal trial, although I did not do criminal defense for very long. The fact that the defense attorney was an idiot - - well, you don't know what he had to work with. I mean, the guy was guilty, and he was bad, it is really, really hard to think of clever things to do with a case like that. But, most criminal defense attorneys are kind of drones, the money is pretty good, the issues are usually clear-cut, and it doesn't require much paperwork, not like civil litigation where you paper each other to death with pleadings and motions and memoranda and appeals.
