Something About Defense Lawyers

Man, it must suck to be a defense lawyer. Sure it's fine if you truly believe your client is innocent, but what if you and everyone else knows that your client is guilty? How do you defend them?

The Abu Ghraib detainee abuse scandal is back in the news as the perpetrators face up to the courts. Pictures surfaced last year of detainees suffering humiliation and abuse by the American guards at the prison. One of the pictures showed a guard standing beside a human pyramid of naked detainees. What does the defense lawyer have to say about this? "Cheerleaders all over America form pyramids." Wow, you can see he graduated from a top law school. In defense to guards putting a leash around some detainees: "a tether is a valid tool when dealing not only with prisoners but also with children. You've probably been at a mall or airport and seen children on tethers; they're not being abused." Pretty lame. But still, a defense lawyer has to do his or her job, even when they're trying to defend the guilty. It's in situations like this that it must really suck to be a defense lawyer. ->Read the entire article<-