[Vision2020] Public Defenders Office
Sunil Ramalingam
sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:43:30 -0800
<html><div style='background-color:'><P>OK, I'll bite.<BR><BR></P>
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<P>Bubba wrote:</P>
<P>"Correct me if I'm wrong, and I know you will, but I don't think it's the job of the public defender to help set guilty people free. Isn't it rather his job to make sure the state has a case, can prove its case and has not violated any of the defendant's rights?"</P>
<P>I think it's the job of all attorneys to try to win the case, if they can. (Your term 'help set guilty people free' does not necessarily apply, since a client who is factually guilty may not have been incarcerated at all, and may never be if we can win the case.) </P>
<P>"What people don't seem to remember is that the person accused of the crime knows whether he/she did it or not. If the accused actually did the crime Isn't it in his best interest to try and get a lesser sentence by making a deal with the prosecutor?"</P>
<P>You're talking about Plan Z here. Sure, if we can't win we try to make the best deal. But first we need to see if we can win. If the admissible evidence is such that we don't think we can win, then it's usually in the client's best interest to try to get the best sentence possible. </P>
<P>Just my view,</P>
<P>Sunil<BR></P>
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