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• brookst 4y ago
  Do defense attorneys “stand in the way” of justice?
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  • sandworm101 4y ago
    Yes. If justice means a criminal going to jail, defense attorneys do stand up and fight tooth and claw to prevent that happening. That is thier job. It is the job of the prosecution, the government, to overcome and enforce justice.
    • brookst 4y ago
      I don’t think that’s what justice means. Justice means that only people who a jury believes are guilty of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt go to jail. Defense attorneys serve that definition of justice. One could argue that prosecutors stand in the way of justice because their job is to put someone in jail regardless of whether they are truly guilty. In reality, the adversarial system is justice.
• upsidesinclude 4y ago
  Yes, well done. That's reason at its best.