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Monday, March 09, 2009

Accusation is not proof

An excerpt from 2008 Olom Award recipient Patrick Burke's acceptance speech regarding criminal defense lawyers:

...members of the legislature...  they insinuate that we [criminal defense attorneys] are radicals, but it is they who are radicals, they who would encroach upon our constitution, our right to counsel, a principal that has existed for over 200 years, a principal that has always meant and means today zealous, effective, skillful, hard working representation and those people that mock that, they are radicals... Every man and woman, no matter how wretched the allegations, they have the right to have us defending them and when that right is eroded, liberty itself is eroded.

Amen, brother.

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