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My clients, the liars

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    chocobean
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    That's fascinating that so many of these individuals get caught up in their own lies and lost sight of how ridiculous they sound. But I also think this isn't unique to public defenders: they see...

    That's fascinating that so many of these individuals get caught up in their own lies and lost sight of how ridiculous they sound.

    But I also think this isn't unique to public defenders: they see more (nearly always guilty) clients, but there are a lot of guilty people who can afford their own lawyers (or teams of) as well

    I also read the linked "Eleven magic words" story and found that to be very interesting as well.

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    1. vord
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      I'd also guess that, fearing getting a 'bad' public defender, innocent people scrape together all they can afford to avoid one, which would further tip the scales.

      I'd also guess that, fearing getting a 'bad' public defender, innocent people scrape together all they can afford to avoid one, which would further tip the scales.

      6 votes