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Police Chief David Baker, meet prosecutor Davis Ruark and the litany of others.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Image from National Institute of Standards & Technology. My first five years in criminal defense was with the Maryland Public Defender's Office. There, I was always on the opposite side of cops, except for the one time I defended an ex-cop. Among the many cops I have met on and off of my work time, I have interacted with police running from the delightful and caring to the reprehensible-acting, just like in the general human population.  Some cops automatically place a wall of armor between me and them, even when they know nothing about me. Others genuinely seem to think that cops, lawyers, judges, and prosecutors are all part of one legal establishment, and are ready to get along just fine with me. Some others probably think that the prosecution gets more strategic advantage or else no overall disadvantage to talk with defense lawyers, in part because the defense lawyers' questions may reveal some of the lawyers' strategy and pool of information...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on July 28, 2009 (boomark / email).