Everyone I tell someone what I do they shake their heads and say " I couldn't do your job, how do you do it"
Most have little contact with the police or are too young to remember the good old pre- pace days. Officers using any methods necessary to get a confession whether guilty or not.
Most of my clients are illiterate those who can read and write left school at 16 with little on terms of qualifications. There are those who have mental health problems or learning difficulties
They get to court and are faced with a well educated articulate prosecutor who's job it is to get a conviction.
It is a civilised society that protects the less advantaged against the mistakes of the most advantaged.
A lot of our clients are guilty and deserve the same level of advocacy as the state provides for a victim. Not as many think to get them off but also to explain to the court their circumstances and problems that will assist the court in the most appropriate way forward.
We also do have many innocent clients who deserve the protection of the educated advocate. These can be teachers doctors builders etc
We are the guards who guard the guards.
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