Wouldn't want to be them

[fabsroman]

Yep, that is one crappy advertisement. I wish the rules of professional conduct were back to the old days where no advertising was allowed. I don't advertise at all. All of my clients are from word of mouth. I like it much better that way.

I am not going to say that the "alleged" sex offender shouldn't be given his day in Court and shouldn't have a zealous defense attorney. However, I don't think that any attorney should try to intimidate the other side, whether it is the defense attorney or the state's attorney. Both attorneys should be striving to determine the facts and find out exactly what happened. Obviously, the defense attorney will not volunteer that his client is guilty because that will get him disbarred, but the states attorney should determine all the facts, and if the guy is guilty, hang him. If he is innocent, let him go.

Remember Val, I was a strong supporter of the death penalty until I heard the story of 40+ people on death row in Illinois for crimes they did not commit which was proven through DNA testing, along with that story about the Florida doctor convicted of poisoning his wife by some screwed up scientific test that was disproven a year or two later after he had been sitting in jail during that time and he narrowly escaped the death penalty. I still support the death penalty, but only where we are extremely sure that the guy did the crime (i.e., eye witness that passes a lie detector).

As always, our system has some problems but it is still a pretty decent system. You should do what MADD does. Sit in on these sex crime trials so that the judges get to know you. Then, see if you can get a column in a local newspaper to write up the story and the veridict and the sentence. At the minimum, you can print out flyers pretty cheap and put them on people's windshields at the local malls or even mail them out to certain communities. If you do a bulk mailing and arrange the mail in a certain order, the cost is somewhat cheap. You should think about making this something much bigger than just you. How about a MADD/SADD equivalent for sexual predators. Parents against Predators (PAP). Form a non-profit organization and see if you can get contributions. Then, you might be able to clean up a lot more than just your neighborhood. Maybe you could speak to some MADD reps and see how their organization works. I cannot believe that an organization against sexual predators has not already been created.

By the way, you mistake all attorneys for the blood suckers out there. There are a lot of attorneys that take low paying, public service jobs not because that is all they can get, but it is because that is what makes them feel good. I practice on my own not for the money, even though the money is pretty good, but because I get to represent individuals and their small companies instead of representing huge corporations and insurance companies like I did at the last firm I worked at. Granted, whether it is for money or personal gratification, it is still to satisfy oneself, but I still commend those people that are in the public service arena. You should see if you can find one around your neighborhood and see if they can help you.