Trials are trying
Posted on
October 03, 2007 by
Gideon
I firmly believe that all prosecutors should be made to go through the criminal justice system from the other side, as part of their training. Then perhaps some of the strange comments I hear will stop.
When you say, “from the other side”, I assume that you mean “as defendants”; I agree wholeheartedly. But can you elaborate on the “strange comments”?
Yes, what the strange comments?
Either as a criminal defense attorney or a criminal defendant in my mind. Both would teach them some empathy and realism – how the charges impact real lives and whether they can practically prove a case…
This is a beautiful idea. Maybe they wouldn’t say things like “Today’s victim is tomorrow’s defendant.”