[fabsroman]

Val,

It is our job and it is what is required of us. We cannot discriminate against alleged sexual offenders, murders, rapists, speeders, frauds, or what have you. Taking your issue out on lawyers in general is pretty bad. It would be like me blaming Southerners for issues I have in general. If we didn't try to get the best deal possible for our client, no matter who they are or what they did, then we would be frauds and we wouldn't be doing our job. How would you like it if your attorney sold you down the road because he/she didn't agree with what you did, regardless of what it was. How would you know that your attorney had an aversion to southern women or wealthy women or opinionated women when you hired them. You would like for us to discriminate against sexual offenders, deny them their right to counsel which I believe is a constitutional right, just because it does not suit your agenda. Hell, how about we get rid of womens rights and a bunch of other rights too while we are at it.

You are probably right regarding forensics limiting the number of people that are mistakenly found guilty nowadays, but how many cases does the state use all that scientific stuff on? Is it every case? Have you been in the court room watching every trial?

What really gets me is how everybody seems to have an opinion about every case, but they weren't present for the trial where all of the evidence was presented.

As I have said before, it is easy for you to blame this sex offender problem on judges, attorneys, and the legislator. However, you should be blaming the people in the places that elect these officials. What you should do is write an article encouraging the people of the locale to send letters to their legislative representatives and the executive branch (e.g., Mayor, Governor) and to vote for somebody else if nothing gets done. The legislature could create mandatory minimum sentences that a judge would not be able to deviate from.

Enough people complained about Schiavo that Congress worked overtime on a weekend and late on a Sunday night, to enact crappy legislation that might not be Constitutionally sound. You should work on getting something like that done regardind sexual predators instead of blaming the judicial system and attorneys in general. Maybe I should start blaming the south for the increased amount of crime in my area because the majority of it is committed by black men and we know that the southerners are responsible for most of the slaves. Kind of like some black men that blame whites in general for their situation. What kills me is when they try to blame me. My parents just came to this country 50 years ago wihtout anything and well after slavery had been abolished.

I could keep going on with generalities, but I have to go meet a client. Take care.