Transcript: ASSC Oral Arguments (Echols); Sept. 30, 2010

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I can't imagine being a defense attorney or prosecutor. I think it would fuck with my head having people's lives on the line and depending on me. I have a lot of respect for people who do it well, but it just does not seem like an easy job.

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Which is why a good defense attorney doesn't proclaim innocence.
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The case never went to trial (it was dismissed at the preliminary hearing), but this was the only time I ever felt comfortable making that argument to the prosecutor.

Did you proclaim innocence to the prosecutor, in that situation?

[Farm]

I don't think, in this case, Riordan has to be a liar

Riordan is a liar in this case - there is absolutely no question about that.

He has to play the system to some extent, IMO, since he only has certain avenues to prove Damien innocent

I suspect everyone here is quite familiar with your belief that lying is ok, as long as it helps Echols.

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He has to play the system to some extent, IMO, since he only has certain avenues to prove Damien innocent

I suspect everyone here is quite familiar with your belief that lying is ok, as long as it helps Echols.

<sigh> That's not my belief at all. You're doing well at keeping up your asshole reputation when you reply to me though. At least that's something. 

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That's not my belief at all.

Yes, it is.

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I can't imagine being a defense attorney or prosecutor. I think it would fuck with my head having people's lives on the line and depending on me. I have a lot of respect for people who do it well, but it just does not seem like an easy job.

If you don't own other people's issues it isn't that difficult. Most defendants are guilty, not because you prosecute them or defend them, but because they committed a crime.

Did you proclaim innocence to the prosecutor, in that situation?

I don't use the term innocence where defendants are concerned. The system is set up to determine guilty or not guilty, not innocence. I presented the facts and argued that there was no evidence indicating guilt save for her statement, and that I believe that he was, in fact, not guilty.