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Hisyphus t1_ixntnqo wrote

Reply to comment by 1dayAwayagain in BPD: we are severely understaffed. also BPD: we gotta protect people from this puddle by Whoevenknows94

How do you think you get actual experience as an attorney without starting in law school? Timid prosecutors are not what the original comment implied. That’s why I said some information was missing.

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1dayAwayagain t1_ixntzhx wrote

Law school is not experience. It's a school environment. That's like saying police officers know how to testify well on the stand because they went to a police academy. Not the case.

The original comment implied rapists (and other criminals) are let go. I'm attributing that to timid prosecution.

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bookoocash t1_ixnuvhc wrote

Can someone just explain to us the actual reasoning behind this person being released? I swear to fuck, I read through this entire thread thinking that eventually it would be elaborated on but nothing!

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Hisyphus t1_ixnu6f7 wrote

Imagine taking the time to read my comment for comprehension. Then do it. Enjoy your Thanksgiving.

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1dayAwayagain t1_ixnucal wrote

Imagine thinking having a law degree makes you an experienced lawyer. But you enjoy Thanksgiving as well, sir or ma'am.

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Hisyphus t1_ixnujnx wrote

I literally never said or implied that it did. But since you also don’t know the context behind the release of the rape suspect I’ll take your attribution with a grain of salt.

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1dayAwayagain t1_ixnuyr3 wrote

How do you think you get actual experience as an attorney without starting in law school?

But yes, everything on Reddit should be taken with a grain (or better yet a dash) of salt. You don't know my experience and I don't know yours other than law school from the humble brag.

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Hisyphus t1_ixnv6l0 wrote

Yeah. As in you go to law school and then get a real job where you actually learn how to be a lawyer. But it’s not like you don’t learn stuff while getting a JD.

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1dayAwayagain t1_ixnw7rj wrote

Ok I had assumed that part was obvious... You can't practice law without going to law school and passing the bar lol. I shouldn't have assumed.

You learn just enough getting a JD to embarrass yourself in front of a judge and/or jury. Litigation skills come from experience, not school. That's why the newbies start in District Court, and the talented ones start in Circuit Court.

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Hisyphus t1_ixo31c9 wrote

Lol yeah I gotcha. From the way law schools flog Big Law, the most talented ones of all wind up doing corporate transactional work and never see a courtroom at all but rather send big checks.

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1dayAwayagain t1_ixoj4q8 wrote

Yep. It's sad. My good friend who was a prosecutor called me and apologized for leaving public service ... Said a corporation gave him a number he couldn't say no to.

I said absolutely no judgements here, as I know public service lawyers don't get paid shit.

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Hisyphus t1_ixojvi0 wrote

At the end of the day, I know when I close my laptop at 5 or 7 pm after a day of writing pharmaceutical contracts I won’t feel depressed or nauseous or angry. I’m not losing sleep worrying that one of my clients is going to get arrested, deported, or killed. But I also don’t feel like I’m making the world a better place. But who knows what I’ll be doing in 10 years. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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1dayAwayagain t1_ixolnzy wrote

Don't be upset about missing out, the criminal judicial system is a scam. Just a revolving door.

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BloodOnTheDashboard t1_ixogrui wrote

You not even allowed to have an opinion about Baltimore based on your post history

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