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[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ShadowRoll

Ah, it's come to this, an ad hominem attack.

Okay, since you want to get personal, here's some personal info. You're right, I am a defense attorney. But guess what, I've walked down quite a few streets in North Philly alone at night. In fact, I lived there for a year. And, yes, of course I felt nervous. Being a defense attorney isn't synonymous with loving crime. I also believe that most of the cops I deal with are decent men and women. But just because I'm as scared of crime as most people, and just because I don't believe that most cops are "overaggressive", doesn't mean that I blindly trust cops to not abuse their power. In any system without adequate checks and balances, abuse of power is inevitable. It's human nature. Crime and cops abusing their power -- I've seen both. Personally.

As to defense attorney's "twisting" information, you'll be gratified to know that there are attorneys on the other side (they're called prosecutors) who went to the same law schools and learned the same things as I and my fellow defense attorneys. They're not just potted plants sitting dumbly in court while us clever defense attorneys take advantage of them. In fact, the biggest difference between us and them is that they've got an army of professional investigators (they're called police) and relatively unlimited money. Like it or not, this is how it works -- it's an adversarial system.

Now you'll have to excuse me. I've got to go twist some information. McCain's people just called. They want me to convince the American people that his economic plan will work.

A trial lawyer that is a democrat, stunner....

The most interesting thing that you said was pointing out the adversarial system that puts you on the opposite side of the police which makes it easier to understand your position.