August 03, 2007

"So, could this be my way out?"

Well, what do you think, should former prosecutor Chuck try to become a public defender, or as he puts it:

should i join the dark side?

1 Comment:

Mark Bennett said...

Ludicrous. Criminal defense is the "dark side," the "wrong side"? He's thinking about becoming a PD to "be exempt from indigent family court appointments"? He's talking about applying because "nothing can be worse than what I'm doing now."

He was "never all that comfortable at trials," he doesn't know if he could adequately represent someone whom he knew was guilty, trial is a miserable experience to him, he fears the spotlight, and he's lousy at cross-examination.

This is a no-brainer. If he becomes a PD, he'll prove every critic of PDs correct. Leave defense to the people who believe in it.