Public Defense

Raising the Bar: A Week Later

By Gideon

After my criticism of the show Raising The Bar last week, I think it is only fair if I post a follow-up having watched the second episode.

So here it is: I like it. A lot.

The law was definitely better, although I thought it a bit suspect that the lawyer in the sexual assault case was pretty openly arguing for jury nullification. What also struck me about that is if the prosecutor was willing to agree to probation, why didn’t he just plead to that? The defense lawyer should have known that he had no defense to the actual assault. But that’s minor.

Also, the behind the scenes skulduggery in the murder trial is pretty much why either MPG or the female prosecutor would have to have recused themselves because of their relationship.

It definitely was more interesting than the first episode, but the re-arrival of the star defense witness was a bit too convenient. I’d like to see it get a bit more real.

Finally, nice shout out to Justice Cardozo there.

What did you guys think? Overall, I thought it got better. I don’t care much for some characters, but I can overlook that.

I will echo one sentiment I saw across the web: please don’t let every client be “innocent”. That’s not how it works and you know that.

Full post as published by A Public Defender on September 09, 2008 (boomark / email).