Quote:That's because Lawyers are seen as very sleazy.  Some of them are sleazy, too.

There is outcry though.  Especially in cases where the person appears to be innocent.  But you won't see many people defend someone who appears guilty.  Even if it's Innocent until proven guilty, that only goes for the court system.  Not so much for the court of public opinion.

Imagine a child predator gets off on a technicality.  It's justice for the justice system, but injustice in the eyes of the public.  Especially if that child predator goes out and kills three more children, before finally being brought in, and found guilty.

The innocent need to be protected. But court of public opinion isn't going to favor someone who appears to be guilty.  Nor should anyone expect it to.  As long as the justice system does it's job, everyone will get a fair trial.  That's what lawyers are for.

Lawyers by and large earn the rep. Plenty of ridiculous lawyers doing ridiculous things for ridiculous clients for money.


But you bring forth a very interesting point and notions:


What is a technicality, for one.


Personally, I've only had maybe 3 cases dropped on a true technicality. One was a case where the guy was charged with carrying a concealed, and technically it was an antique under florida law, not a firearm.


Anyway, the notion is that I cannot recall ever any outcry against the party performing the illegal search or doing unwarranted search or stop.


I am trying to think of one time where blame was attributed to the agency who actually screwed up.


I am not being sarcastic. I am trying to recall the public being mad at the agency for allowing a likely guilty party walk because they chose to violate someone's right. A very likely very guilty person. Basically their wrong resulting in a bigger wrong.


Again, trying to recall this, and I'm willing to be wrong, however,I doubt I'm wrong about the general principles here. I don't think I've even read a newspaper editorial where they demanded accountability for letting some monster go because the agency couldn't be bothered with the rules.


Gotta be examples.....

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