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A Disgruntled Prosecutor Seeks Advice

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

In this "tough on crime" "Law & Order" world we live in, there is a notion that prosecutors and cops (except the ones who are taser happy) are the good guys, and defense lawyers are "the problem." It is assumed that all prosecutors are in the right, doing the right thing, and committed to the concept of convictions and jail.And then a defense lawyer (me) receives an email like this:I apologize for the anonymity of this e-mail. I am indeed a disgruntled prosecutor. I?m writing to you because I need some advice. You see before I became a prosecutor I was a defense lawyer. I built my practice the old fashioned way ? one client at a time with a healthy dose of referrals from other lawyers. After a while the frustration of criminal defense work got the better of me and I applied for and was given a position as a prosecutor...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on September 12, 2010 (boomark / email).