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re: Tucker: Lawyer for rapist admits def. will impugn accuser character
Posted on 3/23/17 at 9:48 pm to LSU12223
Posted on 3/23/17 at 9:48 pm to LSU12223
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LSU12223
Understood. I know there are cases where the defense got their client out of serious shite, when in fact they deserved prosecution. How does that feel to the defense attorney is what I'm wondering?
In a conscience way of thinking.
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Posted on 3/23/17 at 9:50 pm to kcon70
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Understood. I know there are cases where the defense got their client out of serious shite, when in fact they deserved prosecution. How does that feel to the defense attorney is what I'm wondering?
In a conscience way of thinking.
I just dont think they give a damn. I feel its more about the money for some lawyers like this guy.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 9:50 pm to PsychTiger
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''The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,'' - Henry VI, Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 9:53 pm to LSU12223
I feel the same way. Just trying not to be so cynical.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 9:55 pm to kcon70
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As a defense attorney, how do you represent a client when you know that they are in fact, guilty of the crime they are accused of? How does that sit in the heart?
The answer to that question is layered. Some cases, I don't think what the person did should even be a crime (anything involving drugs, for example). In cases with a victim, it's rare that I'll know with 100% certainty that my client is guilty. As such, it's very easy to simply focus on the defense.
The crimes with victims in which I know my client is guilty need to be chopped up a bit. My client might be guilty, but are they guilty of a lesser included offense? Were they charged with attempted murder, but it's really a second degree battery?
But finally, the crimes with victims, particularly the nasty ones, in which I know my client is guilty as charged can be tough. In those cases, I focus on the system fighting. I work my arse off to reach a resolution pre-trial in the form of a plea, and if that doesn't shake out, I work my arse off to prepare for trial.
Fortunately, like I mentioned at the very beginning, it's the very rare case that I have a crime with a victim in which I'm 100% certain my client is guilty.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 11:49 pm to Joshjrn
You are a true hero.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 6:27 am to Covingtontiger77
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the lawyer was basically saying they are going to attack the 14 yr old's character as a slut or loose girl that consented to these acts.
shite you act like this is some new revelation; defense attorneys do this everyfrickingday.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 6:37 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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redundant
Meanwhile a lawyer on the other side is trying to put the POS behind bars...
Posted on 3/24/17 at 6:38 am to Covingtontiger77
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For those that don't know what this means: the lawyer was basically saying they are going to attack the 14 yr old's character as a slut or loose girl that consented to these acts.
Sounds like he got a consult from hrc
Posted on 3/24/17 at 6:57 am to LSU12223
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It's wrong morally but the lawyer is just doing his job. He is hired to help make the defendant not guilty, and this is the best way he can do that. He probably wont win, but the lawyer feels this is his best bet. On these grounds though I feel as if it's setting the defendant up for statutory rape
And that's why I believe a criminal defense attorney can not have any religious beliefs or morals. I don't give a shite if a persons constitutional right is to be given a fair trial and if part of that is to be represented by a competent attorney. Morally there is no way a good Christian person could be ok with something like that.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 7:28 am to FelicianaTigerfan
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And that's why I believe a criminal defense attorney can not have any religious beliefs or morals.
I'll try and remember this when working for the FOP & PBA doing legal defense for officers.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 7:31 am to FelicianaTigerfan
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And that's why I believe a criminal defense attorney can not have any religious beliefs or morals. I don't give a shite if a persons constitutional right is to be given a fair trial and if part of that is to be represented by a competent attorney. Morally there is no way a good Christian person could be ok with something like that.
I too like big government. /s
Why do people pretend that the government shouldn't be made to strictly prove its case before exercising its powers?
Posted on 3/24/17 at 7:37 am to Covingtontiger77
Well....we dont know the facts....we dont know why she accompanied these guys to the bathroom....we dodnt know what happened, but I could see a scenario where she consented. There'd have to be pretty darned good evidence, considering reports of hearing screaming....but they are certainly entitled to defend themselves...especially given the severity of what they have been charged with...
This post was edited on 3/24/17 at 7:39 am
Posted on 3/24/17 at 7:46 am to LSU12223
She was 14. None of that character assassination bullshite should be allowed in this case because it is totally irrelevant. Sex with a 14 year old is rape anyway you slice it.
Posted on 3/24/17 at 7:49 am to omegaman66
Not according to the law. Hes within 4 years of her age. Morally, it certainly isnt right....but it isnt rape if it is consensual. (In Louisiana, it would be statutory rape I believe....but not in the state where it occurred.)
This post was edited on 3/24/17 at 7:51 am
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