The way I see it, just because our judicial system requires the existence of defense lawyers, each one didn't need to choose that line of work; speaking from an individual standpoint.
Think about it for a minute. A defense attorney's job is to try to get people he knows...knows...are guilty of the crimes they're accused of, off scott free, or with as little punishment as possible. After all, this isn't Perry Mason or Matlock, where all of their clients just happen to be innocent. Nope, this is reality. Where the majority of their clients are guilty as sin. But does that ever stop the average defense attorney from taking the case? Not usually. Rape, murder, child abuse, whatever. As long as the money is there, that's what matters.
I'm REALLY surprised at this, but beginning to understand that your position comes from misunderstanding. Your dislike of defense attorneys is REALLY a dislike of our justice system. You want to hang anyone arrested for a bad crime. Our government, in its early wisdom, provided that everyone is allowed a good defense and trial before being judged innocent or guilty.
The truth is, criminal defense lawyers are nearly as bad as the people they represent.
The truth is these defense attorneys should be applauded for the work they do. They may, in fact, believe their client to be guilty, but the client is still entitled to the best defense he can get.
Regardless of whether you can understand that, or not, you owe klydon an apology.
