[fabsroman]

Okay, I am back from Court and my client got off. There was no doubt that she was guilty, but the LEO could not make his case without the witness to the traffic violation (i.e., the guy who's car my client hit when she failed to yield the right of way). The LEO did not have personal knowledge of what happened, so he could not testify against my client. The Judge almost wanted him to go forward anyway, but he declined because he probably knew that I was going to object left and right to the admission of any of his testimony because it was hearsay.

Now, would the officer have gone foward anyway if I wasn't there representing my client? Who knows. One would hope not. Would the Judge have allowed the officer to go forward if I wasn't there, and if so, would the Judge have allowed hearsay evidence to prove my client's guily. Hopefully not.

Now, because I was present and probably ended up getting my client off, everybody will blame me, the attorney, for getting my client off; however, if the witness had shown up like he was supposed to have done, justice would have been served.

How many people nowadays do not stop after they witness an accident because they do not want to get involved? They do not want to miss a day of work to go to Court, or possibly two days. How many people try to avoid jury duty because they do not want to miss a day of work?

Skeeter, the reason this nation, and society for that matter, is the way it is, is because people in general do not do the right thing.

How many construction contractors charge for stuff that doesn't need to be done. How many attorneys file motions and perform discovery in cases where there is no need to perform the work, but they perform it anyway because they are charging on a hourly basis? How many surgeons recommend surgery when it is not really necessary, but because their kids tuition bill just came in the mail? How many truckers break the motor vehicle laws because they get paid by the mile and they want to get as many miles in as they can in the amount of time they are allowed to drive, or they cheat on their driving logs so they can get more miles in, or they take some type of drug to keep themselves awake to drive more miles? How many government employees do almost nothing at work because they can get away with it?

At the end of the day, I don't think it is politicians, attorneys, or any one single profession that is to blame for what we have in this nation. EVERYBODY is to blame. We just like to shift the blame elsewhere because that is another problem with today's society. Nobody wants to take responsibility for what they have done.

I could go on and on about this, but I need to get some work done today.

At the end of the day, everybody should look in the mirror and ask themselves what good deed they did today. I was fortunate today and had the ability to help two people out with no personal monetary gain to myself, so I think I will be able to sleep tonight. Of course, I got personal satisfaction out of helping them, but I can live with that personal gain.