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Originally Posted by manwiches
My best friend is a criminal defense attorney. He only focuses on DUIs now, but his stance to get through his job was that everybody deserves a defense, regardless of their situation. He did move over to just defend DUIs, as he said dealing with some of the cases he had to defend, wasn't the most appealing thing to be doing long term. He doesn't like talking about his job at all to be honest, and is very good at compartmentalizing things.
Same with another couple good friends who are Crown Prosecutors here in Regina. They don't talk much about work (mainly because they can't), but also have told me they compartmentalize their job from their work.
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A lot of crim defence lawyers I know are really focused on justice and human rights. Protecting people against the system is a huge issue. Whether its police officers not doing their job correctly or general biases against various vulnerable groups. Not all of their work is dragging complainants through the mud.
It's also often criminal defence lawyers who are the forefront of pushing for more just and equitable criminal laws, including ending the states right to interfere in same sex marriage, prohibition on marijuana, prohibitions on abortion etc...A lot of these laws often end after constitutional challenges have been made by criminal defence lawyers.
But yes, I could never be a criminal defence lawyer, as most of your clients are guilty.