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No Kidding, Defense Lawyers Can Be a Man’s Good Buddy

On the twisting Ohio River is a shinning city. In this bustling metropolis is a skyscraper. In the massive building is a conference room with a view of the river. In the leather highback chair across from a terrified man sits a Cincinnati Criminal Defense attorney. This terrified man has told his fair share of lawyer jokes and has often ridiculed the profession of law. Today this Cincinnati criminal defense lawyer is his favorite person in the universe. This attorney is his only hope to get a normal life back.

The alleged criminal was in the wrong place at the wrong time and with many bad reasons to be there. He didn’t murder his business partner in a fit of rage, but somebody did. The partner was having an affair with his wife, embezzling money from the business, accusing his son of stealing, black mailing his brother and laughing in his face. He had reason to kill and his dna and finger prints were all over the condo. The partner was shot with a 9 mm glock, the same kind of hand gun that the man used on the pistol range two weeks ago. The prosecutor immediately suggested a plea bargain that would take the death penalty off the table, but send him up the river for the rest of his life. The evidence was overwhelming. The lawyer suggested it might be his only real option. The man refused the deal, he knew he was innocent. The attorney was delighted because he liked impossible challenges. The attorney didn’t ask if the man was innocent because he didn’t really care. The attorney knew the man would claim he was innocent, he just wouldn’t know if it was the truth or a lie.

A defense attorney sets out to explore the evidence and discovers the holes in the case against the client. It is a matter of studying all the exhibits and allegations and determining if the evidence has enough holes that reasonable doubt can be established. Most defense lawyers have to play a game of teeter-totter, balancing facts with supposition, creating possibilities, finding alternative theories and inspiring doubt. Seldom does a defense lawyer embrace a client like a friend or brother. The relationship between client and lawyer is simple; help the client walk free or at least get the best deal possible. Can murder one be reduced to involuntary man slaughter? That could be a positive outcome.

Sometimes, in the service of a client’s interest, a lawyer establish their own dislike for the person. They want to underscore the idea that this person, despite being scum on the pond of the world, needs the jury to provide blind justice based on the law, not on popularity. The man accused of murder is depending on his attorney to save his aspirations for a normal life. The attorney is tasked with looking at the facts, hard and cold and navigating the best path through the legal system.

A good attorney will dig deep and pull the resources together to find the best information to present to the jury. A competent attorney will anticipate the strength and weakness of the prosecutions case. A good attorney can mean the difference between life as a free person and death. If he survives, the man will never tell another lawyer joke.