October 04, 2006

People who need people (are not necessarily the luckiest people in the world)

Another colleague fields the "how can you represent Those People?" question:

I'm a public defender because people need people. Because people are better than the worst thing they've ever done. Because I still believe there's some inherent goodness in almost everyone. Because without me people are just a docket number in the court system...

1 Comment:

Anonymous said...

That's a great quote. It always saddens me when people ask me that question. It's not all that surprising, but still sad.