Leaving aside innocent people getting railroaded, a notable part of any decent legal system is ensuring that everyone gets a defence. Nazis got defence lawyers at Nuremberg. John Adams became a famous American and founding father *because* he was a defence lawyer for British soldiers in Boston

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I remember someone commenting years ago that one of the greatest bits of propaganda (copaganda?) is the story that Lawyers are blood sucking immoral leeches and the cops are decent honest and brave. It was really the start of my "Huh.... so... the cops...." journey.

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The idea that it's the defence lawyers job to try and get a guilty person off the hook and how can they live with themselves in doing so, is facile nonsense brought about by watching too much TV.

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Read @barristersecret.bsky.social's first book, "The Secret Barrister." They answer this question in a far more comprehensive and eloquent way than I ever could.

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Reading this, you'd have assumed that this was the prosecution barrister going after him. But no...no. This is his defence. @barristersecret.bsky.social has to be watching this closely for next book material...

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