Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Frustrated

Why can't they understand that these are misdemeanors -- these are not the crimes of the century. When the charge is simple battery and they offer me a plea to disorderly conduct for an 18 year old client, they aren't offering me a deal at all. This is a person that is just starting into adulthood. What possibly justifies branding her a criminal, for the rest of her life, when the same ends can be accomplished by diversion?

So maybe we lose at trial, but at least we've gone down swinging.

2 Comments:

Blogger Skelly said...

There is always something to be said for going down swinging...

3:31 PM  
Blogger swd said...

As it turns out, the client was perfectly fine with the offer -- a nolo to disorderly conduct and the 26 week domestic violence class.

Apparently, I cared more than she did.

8:16 PM  

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