“very guilty and problematic client” holy copaganda batman

madlori: > onusjott: > >> anarchistmemedistro: >> >>> sentimentalslut: >>> >>>> sentimentalslut: >>>> >>>>> “very guilty and problematic client” holy copaganda batman >>>> >>>> let’s start parsing who does and doesn’t deserve representation and assign moral weight to agreeing to protect their rights I don’t see how this could possibly go wrong >>> >>> ALT >> >> This is the endpoint of assigning morality based on ontologies of people. You wind up with the simplest ontology: good or bad. > > Getting tired of saying this but > > # THE POINT OF A DEFENSE ATTORNEY ISN’T TO GET THEIR CLIENT OFF. IT’S TO MAKE THE STATE PROVE THEIR CASE AND DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. > > # IT’S TO PROVIDE A CHECK ON THE POWER OF THE STATE TO JUST THROW PEOPLE IN JAIL. > > If someone “gets off” because of a technicality that means the state DID NOT DO THAT.