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    Apr 24, 2009, 05:28 PM
    How can a defense attorney give back to the community?
    I need some examples of how a defense attorney can give back to the community. How can they help the community? I know that they help people sometimes innocent sometimes guilty walk away free, but what are other ways they can help the community?
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    Apr 24, 2009, 05:30 PM

    Two words: pro bono
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    Apr 24, 2009, 05:38 PM
    Write a column/blog providing free legal advice or create a website where you can donate your skills for free to those that ordinarily wouldn't be able to afford them. You can volunteer for habitat for humanity or become a big brother to an orphan. You can make charitable donations that, depending on your tax bracket, may benefit you as well. There are many senior citizens that need food delivered, their lawns mowed, etc...
    Look on Craigslist- there are a lot of volunteer opportunities there.
    If those options will overextend you, smile at the people you encounter and be friendly to service people. Better yet, allow the person behind you at the grocery store your place in line.
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:53 AM

    Hello b:

    The very nature of the job serves to protect ALL of our Constitutional rights - ESPECIALLY those who've not been charged with a crime and never will be. Nobody else does that. And they don't have to do anything special either - just their job.

    excon
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    Apr 26, 2009, 08:36 AM
    You could work for an organization that helps exonerate wrongfully convicted people. The Association in Defence of the Wrongfully Convicted in Ontario specializes in helping these people and offers skilled pro bono attorneys. There must be similar groups in the U.S.

    Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted
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    Apr 26, 2009, 09:06 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by earl237 View Post
    There must be similar groups in the U.S.
    Hello earl:

    Yup. The Innocence Project, started by Barry Scheck. He's one of the OJ lawyers. The innocence Project is responsible for freeing more than 100 wrongfully convicted death row inmates, by proving their innocence with DNA.

    As a nation, we owe them a debt of gratitude more than you can imagine.

    excon

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