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Originally Posted by creekster
Fair but exaggerated point. There are good prosecutors, but if not checked by defense attorneys abusive practices woudl very, very quickly overwhlem the cjs.
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I don't think it is possible to place a higher value on either prosecutors or defense attorneys. They both play an integral role in our system. Without one or the other, the system would be a disaster. There are bad prosecutors and there are bad defense attorneys, but there is plenty of good outside of those extremes. I admire both camps generally for performing a work that I would be awful at. As a prosecutor, I would be too compassionate. As a defense attorney, I would be sickened at the possibility of doing my work so well that a guilty person could walk free.
Overall, the system works quite well, despite its flaws.