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▲ 53 r/Ask_Lawyers

"A prosecutor should not be compelled by their supervisor to prosecute a case where he or she has a reasonable doubt about the guilt of the accused."

This is an ABA Ethics standard (Standard 3-3.9), so not a primary authority. Since it's non-binding, what does this standard look like in practice?

Do associate DA's ever refuse to prosecute despite their supervisor's instructions? If they're fired for insubordination, do they have any legal grounds for recompense or rehiring? What does this actually look like in the real world?

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u/direktorfred — 1 day ago
▲ 22 r/Recommend_A_Book

I would like a book to emotionally wreck me, please. I feel alive when I’m devastating. Some examples of art I’m looking for:

u/direktorfred — 20 days ago
▲ 54 r/Ask_Lawyers

Does the First Amendment protect renting every billboard within a three mile radius of a courthouse and advertising, in large bold letters: “JURY NULLIFICATION”?

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u/direktorfred — 27 days ago
▲ 96 r/LawSchool+1 crossposts

If I'm terrible at public speaking, should I take a couple of theater classes while I'm in law school?

My heart beats like crazy whenever I have to speak in public, and that anxiety along with memorizing lines feels daunting. Does anyone have any experience or know anyone who took acting classes to help with public-facing litigation?

I see a psychiatrist once a month, too, so I'm going to ask if I can start taking propranolol as well. The sweats, tremors, and stuttering feels more physiological than anything. But to play it safe, I'm wondering if theater practice could help as well.

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u/direktorfred — 1 month ago
▲ 0 r/Ask_Lawyers

Is it possible to have a 9-5 job as an attorney, where the phone is off when you get home, and you can spend uninterrupted time with your kids, without being a prosecutor?

I think the biggest moral failing our country has committed internally within my lifetime is the mass-arrest of “illegal” immigrants and their shipment to domestic concentration camps. There will be a legal reckoning for this, and I want to be on the frontlines.

I’m highly, highly motivated to become a lawyer because of my moral passion to protect civil liberties. I’m pro-union, pro-worker, pro-immigrant, pro-accused criminal. I’m anti-corporate, anti-state overreach, and anti-capitalist.

However, I don’t want to work judicially for the government, given how politically driven that branch currently is. I don’t want to withhold exculpatory evidence to get minorities convicted, I don’t want to entrap Muslims for the FBI, and I don’t want to put immigrants in cages.

What being a state or federal prosecutor does have, though, are pretty rigid hours. They seem to be able to go home and turn it off as a prosecutor, and this is what’s supremely important to me.

I want to fight for justice for the little guy, but I don’t want to be missing for my little guys’ big moments.

Can I be a lawyer and have the life I want with my family?

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u/direktorfred — 2 months ago
▲ 74 r/deadwood+1 crossposts

Fans of both shows, who played the drunk better?

I love you Deadwood, I think you’re an American masterpiece, but I’ve never seen a better on-screen drunk than John Dunsworth as fuckin drunk again Jim Lahey.

u/direktorfred — 2 months ago