By Jim Thorpe Defense attorneys are sometimes viewed in a negative light by normal citizens. When given an opportunity, many people will tell you how they couldn't defend someone they knew was guilty. The idea of trying to get a criminal off is immoral. How do they sleep at night working to get a guilty party off? These people are usually thinking along one of two lines. First, they might think that to defend a U.S. citizen means you have to lie to the court to get the defendant off. On the contrary, lying to the court is dishonest, lacks integrity, and illegal. You don't lie to the court to get the defendant off the hook. That's not how it works at all. The defendant is by law, innocent until proven guilty. The defendant's work is to ensure the trial is fair, no illegal maneuvers are used, and to provide an expert in the law to defend a case. Defense attorneys are never expected to lie to the court. Second, many think that it would be hard t...
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