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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Shamrock, in response to your question:
If I were to interview one of these defendants, I would want to know every bad thing they ever did, from hitting a girlfriend to joining their US college's communist party group. I'd need to know all of these things, because even though they don't prove guilt, they will be used by the government to make the client look bad. I will need to prepare for such circumstances.
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Too bad this says a lot about the situation the world is in present day.
Not too long ago, I saw "A Time To Kill" (starring Matthew McConaugney, Sandra Bullock and Kiefer Sutherland) on tv again and it still struck me that the believeability of the doctor was put to question by the sheer fact that he 'was committed to rape of a minor', while it had nothing to do with the case at hand. While this is a movie, Timber's answer has led me to believe it resembles a situation that could happen in real life as well -- this last phrase being not only a statement but a question as well; is this true?
[ 10-15-2004, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: Link ]