Law in Contemporary Society

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The Question that Sparked this Paper

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>		An interviewer posed to me this hypothetical: "How will you handle your work in a case you believe is wrongfully prosecuted? For example, a domestic violence victim who struck back at her abuser." I cannot recall my answer as well as I can the question, though I remember declaring my faith in the integrity of my assistant district attorneys, in the high standard of evidence and persuasion held by the criminal justice system, and the right of all to representation. The question bothered me because soon after leaving I substituted a more likely, and less sympathetic, hypothetical involving a kid getting charged with a litany of offenses on a relatively minor incident, facing several years or life for stealing a slice of pizza.
 

My Previous Conceptions of the Criminal Justice System

The Superhero Ideal


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