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Criminal Defense Lawyer Indicted After Discussing "Elimination" of Witnesses

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

I hate this shit.Lawyers are painted with a broad brush. We are hated. We are "thieves," "liars," "scumbags," and no amount of pro bono work we do is making things better. Like congressmen, people love "their" lawyer, and hate all others. Anytime there is a story in the paper about a lawyer, the "I have no job and just sit and comment all day on-line crowd" chimes in on their hatred of "all" lawyers, expressing their sarcastic "shock" that a lawyer committed a crime.I, don't apologize for being a lawyer, but do apologize that like all professions, we do have our bad, rotten, inedible apples.I don't know if the allegations against this lawyer are true. If they are, and I hope they are not, oh man, what the hell were you thinking?People ask me all the time why educated, smart, talented professionals commit crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on September 13, 2008 (boomark / email).