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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
My issue with defence lawyers is that if they simply were there for checks and balances against oppressive governments/police forces, that's completely understandable. When a defence lawyer preys upon our (in my opinion) weak judicial system and manages to drop a second degree murder charge to a manslaughter conviction, that's where I have an issue with their morality. The incident I am referring to is for a friends brother who was murdered in Calgary. I have very little respect for the type of lawyer who tries to minimize the sentence for a client who is clearly a murderer.
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All that would indicate to me is that the crown didn't think they had enough evidence to convict on murder 2, and instead made sure they got some justice with a manslaughter plead. Don't blame the defense in that case.
As for the last line...that is their job.