• Daniel Quinn
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    161 month ago

    While it’s perfectly reasonable to defend the importance of lawyers and a defendant’s right to a representation and a fair trial, arguing that he “might have lost control” isn’t a defence, it’s a lie. Telling a liar to get fucked is a reasonable position to take.

    • @Steve@communick.news
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      1 month ago

      Might have”. It’s an alternate explanation that’s plausible.
      We don’t know it’s a lie. We only read an article. We weren’t there.

      If that’s not what happened, it’s the prosecutions job to prove it in court.
      As again “It’s better for the guilty to go free, than the innocent be punished.

    • @YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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      41 month ago

      Yeah well, if cops and the prosecutor are allowed to do it then so can the defense attorney. Like homie said, it’s messy and you may not like it but this is the system they operate in.