Originally Posted by kindj
**Author's note: The following is a piece I wrote for another place and purpose altogether; however, given the question concerning war and PC-ness, I thought I would post it here. I have not altered it, but have starred out enough letters to mute the profanity somewhat. I know such language is not becoming, but if there's one thing I am, it's honest.******
Dear Mr./Ms. Criminal Defense Lawyer:
I can't help but wonder how you sleep at night. I don't mean literally, because I know all about how hang by your toes upside down in the dark or rest in a coffin; rather, I am wondering how whatever passes for the conscience that God gave each and every one of us fails to adequately torment you for the evil that you perpetuate on the world each and every day.
Since you obviously skipped or slept through Political Science 101 in college, I'll give you a small history lesson. When our justice system in America was instituted in the late 1700's, a couple of key things were written in. One, every accused person is innocent until proven guilty; and two, everyone has the right to a defense. These things were instituted to ensure that the poor didn't get screwed over and falsely accused by the rich and powerful, as had been the custom up until that point. The idea of giving everyone accused of a crime a qualified defense attorney was to ensure that the prosecution had all of their ducks in a row, and that the accused was truly guilty. The system worked better than any other in the world, and kept a great many people from being framed by their enemies. Overall, Salem witch trials notwithstanding, it worked pretty well.
However, you have betrayed the trust our Founding Fathers placed in you, and have perverted the system to meet your own ends, which usually seem to be fame and money.
No longer are you about ensuring the innocent are freed and the truly guilty punished. No longer are you striving to ensure the rights of the accused are guarded. No longer are you truly pursuing justice.
Now, you use every trick and loophole you can find to get the guilty off the hook entirely. How many times have you KNOWN that the person before you was guilty as sin, yet exploited the system to get them off entirely? I've heard you bragging about it as I quietly served you your uppity lawyer drinks. I've heard you while I quietly ate my dinner at the booth behind you.
All I can say is that the next time you free a known murderer, rapist, or drug dealer, I hope their next victim is one of YOUR family members, or even you. Then let's sit back and watch as you scream and whine for the same justice you've denied to other victims.
Criminal defense lawyers have gone from being defenders of the innocent and champions of Constitutional rights to being a cancer on the face of the planet. You make me want to puke.
A cop making $35,000 a year puts his on the line every single time he moves. He captures a criminal, and runs him through the system. A prosecuter for the DA making $50,000 a year busts his nuts to ensure that the case he presents is solid as a rock, despite being threatened and intimidated by the criminal friends and family of the accused. A scumbag defense attorney making $125,000 a year sits in the comfort and safety of a plush office and finds the smallest ambiguity and exploits it to get the criminal off, despite knowing he is guilty as hell.
Then, you sit around in your little martini bars and express disdain and disgust for the fact that vigilante justice is on the rise, and you just don't understand why.
You are now part of the problem, undoing the fine work of police officers and DA's everywhere. You are responsible for setting free on the streets the vilest creatures to ever walk the earth.
You don't know d**k about "justice."
You are a blight on society, and if you happen to be a male, you are not a man. A man fights evil, not ignores it. A man will sacrifice to see good triumph, not cash in while rubbing everything good and true into a pile of manure.
Yes, Lady Justice does indeed have the scales of justice in her left hand. However, you have ignored the fact that she also carries a sword in her right.
If you are too greedy or spineless or unethical to be the sword, then don't you dare have the gall to be surprised when I am the sword.