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A War Criminal, A Nazi, and I walk into a bar

By Shawn Matlock

We all order a beer, but the bartender only brings one beer. Why? Well, apparently we are one in the same. As you recall, I posted a simple question of which character trait would you most want in a defense attorney; empathy or ruthlessness. What started as a generic post has erupted into a firestorm. You see, our good friend Mark Bennett down at Defending People took exception to the idea that defense attorneys could, or should ever be ruthless. He calls the ruthless lawyer a myth. It seems the word ruthless is a bad word for Mark and his extremist, reactionary commenters, whom I shall now always refer to as Bennettons. Now I will admit, as I did here and as Norm Pattis and Scott Greenfield and Jamie Spencer said, that perhaps we are really talking semantics here...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on April 29, 2008 (boomark / email).