they are (not for the first time I might add) talking about a rape case (I work in a law firm - we don't handle criminal cases but there is a civil matter we are handling that has a weird component to it) and keep saying things like "IF it's true" "IF she's not lying" etc etc etc.
I know there is always a chance the guy is innocent, but give me a fucking break. This fantasy that women run around crying rape all the time for no reason is ridiculous and it makes me want to hurt people.
Especially given that they all get paid to represent her point of view and advocate for her. Expressing that kind of blatant doubt about her honesty, and that kind of belief in the idea that women lie about being raped really shows that they don't have her best interests at heart. Can they really represent her well?
the case isn't actually a rape case - it's a weird financial matter that has this other internal situation going on that no one really seems to fully understand - but it's all irrelevant. It's just not a matter for discussion around the water cooler imo.
And profoundly disturbing, because underneath all those righteous "ifs" Is the major one; "If it is true the dirty slut deserved it" That thought might not make it to the forebrain, but it's the driving force behind this kind of bullshit.
6. in addition, why would the law firm take on a client who would not
Edited on Sat Aug-28-10 10:02 AM by spooky3
tell the law firm the truth? So their "doubts" actually reflect on themselves or on their regard for their colleagues.
Maybe it's just TV (since I'm not an attorney) but how many scenes have I seen (such as in the movie The Informant!) where the attorney rails at his/her client if it's discovered that the client has left out or misrepresented some facts in discussions with the attorney? "How can I defend you if I don't know this??? How many more things are you not telling me?" etc. And this is when the client is the perpetrator, not the victim...
an attorney should be getting all of the facts s/he can from a client. I can't agree that an attorney should always *believe* a client as even the worst criminals (who are guilty) in this country are legally entitled to a lawyer's representation, but one should at least have enough class to shut up about it.
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