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Why DUI attorneys do what they do (Part 1)

By Bruce M. Robinson, P.A.

Why do DUI defense lawyers defend people accused of drinking and driving, after all, it's a terrible crime, people get hurt and sometimes worse? How can we possibly do this? Do we condone the use of alcohol and driving? Do we lack a conscious or compassion for our fellow man? The answer is, it is our conscious and compassion for our fellow man that drives us. What I condone is the applicability of the United States Constitution, for which many generations of men have fought and lost their lives. Thomas Paine once said, "It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government." A review of the news around the globe reflects countless instances of government trampling on the rights of its citizens. The United States constitution is over 200 years old and has guided our laws, our citizens and our government effectively because we have always had a government and a Supreme Court willing to fight to uphold its tenets...continue to full post

Full post as published by Maryland DUI Lawyer Blog on July 04, 2007 (boomark / email).