And lawyers wonder how their profession gets a bad name...

[Nwbie]

If some stranger had his way with your kids, would you want a defense lawyer doing what he said he'd to to those kids?

Sadly, most kids are molested by a relative or close friend of the family - or authority figure - priest, minister, teacher, coach etc...
dont worry about the strangers... worry about the ones who want to be with your kids .. I came to the conclusion a long time ago.. I trust no one... and I constantly tell my wife - Remember John Wayne Gacy was a clown at childrens parties.... and he,  til he died insisted he was innocent...
Also ... no lawyer can question a 6 year old in court like that...and that poor lawyer has to do whatever it takes to get his client off - he can lose his license if he doesn't - unless we in this country want to eliminate the malpractice insurance settlements overloads - it is in his / her best interest to do whatever it takes within the law to do his best for his client.

NwBie

[storch]

Well they pretty much took him apart tonight and came to the conclusion he has never questioned a young witness in open court. No judge would allow a defense lawyer to psychologically abuse a child in court, and nothing would turn a jury against a defendant quicker than phsychologically abusing a child in court.

Overlooking that incredible mistake on his part, the other huge mistake is pretending a defense lawyers diligence is dictated by the possible sentence (i.e., his point was with such a harsh sentence for child molesters, defense lawyers would become meaner). That guy is a tool, and an idiot on so many levels.

I guess you fail to understand what I typed, s'ok.

[BTW]

I guess you fail to understand what I typed, s'ok.

I understand perfectly what you wrote. You wrote that some lawyers take the high road and some take the low- i.e., you have good people and bad people, good lawyers and bad lawyers.

What  I wrote is, it is ridiculous to think there is lawyer so bad that he doesn't realize a judge would throw him in jail  if he tried to badger a young rape victim. I understand what you wrote, and I think you're wrong. Presenting a lawyer that would ruin a child on a witness stand is absurd - a red herring at best. There are many logical arguments for voting against mandatory sentencing. Malicious lawyers isn't one of them.

S'ok?