Comments on: Convicting the guilty is easy. Convicting the innocent is the real challenge. https://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=489 fairly undermining public confidence in the administration of justice Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: winston smith https://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=489&cpage=1#comment-1416 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:47:02 +0000 http://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=489#comment-1416 well that a job for jury nullification if i ever heard one

]]> By: John Kindley https://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=489&cpage=1#comment-1399 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:20:28 +0000 http://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=489#comment-1399 In reply to mirriam.

Mirriam,

Please let me know if you’re having trouble posting comments. Maybe I need to take a look at my commenting app.

Yes, I questioned my juxtaposition of the prosecutor’s pride in achieving the difficult task of convicting an innocent man with the defense attorney’s pride in achieving the difficult task of getting a guilty client acquitted. I tried to clarify this in my most recent post.

]]> By: mirriam https://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=489&cpage=1#comment-1396 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:25:52 +0000 http://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=489#comment-1396 This is the third time I’m trying to post this:

Is there less of a duty to defend ‘guilty’ clients than ‘innocent’ ones and do you even have this conversation with yourself ever? Do you take less pride if you think the guy did it, or he got caught red handed and you got the case tossed or a not guilty? I mean, it does say something about your skills so why wouldn’t you take great pride in doing good work? Unless, we should feel badly for doing our jobs.

]]> By: Justice again. | People v. State https://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=489&cpage=1#comment-1394 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:43:37 +0000 http://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=489#comment-1394 […] struggled in this post earlier today with my juxtaposition of the (hypothetical) criminal defense attorney who takes special pride in […]

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