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?How Can You Defend Them??

By Lawrence Taylor

It always surprises me how many people are outraged that I would defend someone accused by the police of a crime – and particularly of drunk driving. Arrest increasingly means guilt, and there is a public perception of criminal defense attorneys as being obstructionist, nefarious and somehow unethical. Certainly, every defense attorney tires of the ubiquitous cocktail party question: 'How can you defend criminals?' The answer to that question is complex, involving issues of possible innocence, inaccurate evidence, overcharging by the prosecutor, guarding constitutional rights, untrustworthy testimony, ensuring a fair trial, protection from unfair laws and harsh/illegal punishment — and just keeping the government honest. One of the better answers, however,  was provided some years ago by United States Supreme Court Justice Byron White in the landmark case of United States vs...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on May 30, 2010 (boomark / email).