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Bad Guys' Lawyers

dbyrne Wrote: Jan 14, 2013 6:29 PM

Yes mathew--every criminal deserves good representation and a fair trial....six admitted rapists witnessed by many others....It is only a matter of which penalty to apply...what if that was your sister raped???how much defence would the six rapists then deserve?? India is what it is...ancient, but not advanced as they proclaim...Nothing but hypocrits like most others....Where is India....certainly not the top of the heap....who fixed the taj ma hal for them??? the rest of the world listens to their gurus...talk is cheap....where is their mojo???somewhere in lala land apparently....

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Bad Guys' Lawyers

Lawyers representing three of the men charged in the New Delhi gang rape case said last week that they would enter pleas of not guilty on their clients' behalf. In most criminal prosecutions, that would be unremarkable. But the lawyers who stepped forward to represent the suspects in this case did so in the face of emotional protests by fellow attorneys, many of whom insisted that no one should defend those accused of such a terrible crime.

"There was a good response from the members, and they will not represent," the president of the local bar association had...

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