Entrapment? GOOD!

As if we MADE him do it. As if he would have acted differently had the buyer and seller been actual bad guys.

Fry, you bastard. But good.

What kind of scumbag lawyer would defend someone like that?

Oh, wait. Never mind.

I do remember this case. it's about 2 years old.

The stories I read at the time seemed to slant a bit towards entrapment, but the perp appeared willing and able to make a few bucks in the transaction.

terrorist? maybe not. crook? only a matter of time.

Well, entrapment has a meaning. Just because you're set up in a sting doesn't mean you're entrapped.

You're entrapped when the LEO's shamming you act with such force of persuasion or outright coercion to get you to commit a crime which you would not have if not for their pressure/persuasion.

I read a little of the 'behind' detail; he was informed the deal was illegal, he was informed that the arms were intended for taking down airliners and killing Americans.

It does look a lot like an example has been made of him though.

It does look a lot like an example has been made of him though.

Hardly - an "example" is when you do something along the lines of what happend to Blackbeard after he got caught - decapitated, his head was (tastefully of course) hung from the bow of the brit sloop that nabbed him.

My own personal preference would be a ring of stakes around the whitehouse on which the heads of our enemies could be displayed for public mocking and amusement (all done with the utmost taste of course to avoid "offending" anyone).

"What kind of scumbag lawyer would defend someone like that?"

Ahem. *Lecture to follow*

In our system of justice, the criminally accused are presumed innocent until they are proven guilty. They are entitled to adequate representation by trained legal counsel when they are jousting with the forces of the state. The idea is that the truth will come out during the conflict in the courtroom. This is called the adversary system of justice. And we are careful to place a heavy burden of proof upon the state.

Many lawyers are called upon to represent clients that they loathe. I have done so myself, in cases to which I was appointed by a judge confronted with an indigent. I have represented a murderer and a slimeball who gave drugs to teenage girls for sex. It is the lawyer's ethical responsibility to represent such clients zealously and to the best of his or her ability. That's how the system works. The idea is that between lawyers and juries, we can keep the state from becoming tyrannical.

*end of lecture*

I like the way you think Tony. You're an effin psychopath. That's good. We need more like you. Me, I don't have the imagination for it.

How about we put Martha Stewart in charge of making the whole thing feel decorative and festive.

Hollow out the head, some twinkly lights - ba-bing! Jack-O-Lantern! Or Muj-O-Lantern, whatever.

Brainstorm. I'll be your sounding board, your go-between for approaching the Normals. Think about it.

FYI, no harm was actually done by my representation.

The murderer (David -- St. Louis gang slaying) was in prison at the time I was appointed. He had become a jailhouse lawyer in the prison library and was prosecuting his own appeal, not very well.

Reading through the transcript of his trial, I actually came up with a kinda cool, but weak, Sixth Amendment "right of confrontation" argument that I could plausibly argue entitled David to a new trial. The appellate court didn't buy it, but I was immensely flattered that they devoted a full opinion to the issue. 99% of these cases get shot down with a one sentence decision.

For the slimeball (Henry), I cut a deal with the narcs (they were federal). Henry was going to do a reasonable amount of time, and his wife, Donna, was going to skate (a big issue for Henry), provided that Henry rolled over on the doctor that he and Donna were getting the drugs from.

A couple of months later, I get a panicked phone call from Donna. Henry's been busted again, for dope, which actually occurred while I was representing him and he was swearing to me that he had totally cleaned up his act.

The bust was made across the river by the Illinois State Police. I told Donna I was not licensed to practice law in Illinois.

Life is such a hoot.

"scumbag lawyer"

zetetic, the Department of Redundency Department is on the phone for you

i keed, Michael, I keed. Some of my best friends are lawyers :)

You're an effin psychopath...

I'm just an "edgy" Mr Rogers.

Michael, so when you kill the pool boy, who is going to represent you?

Michael, so when you kill the pool boy, who is going to represent you?

Ace.

I figure that a temporary insanity defense has been pretty well documented in Ace's archives.

Yes, it would be very interesting to know the details. But we should not know them until the war is over. We can probably use the same assets again.

Representing the obviously guilty is a cornerstone of our judicial system and I have no problem with that whatsoever. The problem I have with some of these defense attorneys is that they continue to be an advocate of their client well after the conviction and whine about how the jury did not take this into consideration or the judge did or did not allow that into evidence.