look, I have no clue what this lawyer stuff is like, but I have experience with idiots.
one a scale of idiocy, where are they? (0-10)
Truean, this is unrelated, but have you seen that farscape episode where 2/3rds of an entire planet is lawyers? If so, what did you think of it?
Also, would 0 be total idiot, or 10?
Haven't watched Farscape in forever. Can't recall episode or if I saw it, honestly.
As for the scale. I'm going with 0 being total idiot. Arbitrary, but meh.
The guy there is probably a 2-3 generally, who for some reason doesn't like discussing plea bargains at all. The ones following me around are about a 4 or 5 and improving greatly/rapidly. I've had them dissecting my old paperwork and forced them into explaining each and every solitary syllable of it and why it exists, what it is meant to accomplish, why it is there instead of something else, and shit that could go wrong despite it being there. Also what do you do if shit goes wrong.... Stuff like that. I'm giving them blank screens/ sheets of paper and forcing them to draft legal documents from nothing to learn how the hell to actually do it based on what I've shown them. By god they will know how to deal with a case, draft a will, draft a deed, and do/respond to discovery somehow....
I am, as usual, disappointed with American Law Schools and their total lack of knowing what the hell is up. These guys did not know how to go through an arraignment, bail for CSR or an evidence suppression motion, or how to enter exhibits into evidence. It isn't their fault; it is the schools' fault. It isn't like they paid $100,000 to be taught how to be lawyers and weren't shown how to do anything a courtroo.... O wait, it is.
As for rookie who is giving me crap recently. I dunno what his problem is. I think he's got this paladin/crusader complex and how dare I "oppose him." It's the job man....
Aren't the prosecuters that last the ones that save the state money, instead of blowing it on 2-bit crimes?
Not really. They're officers of the court and their job isn't necessarily to win, but to do shit right. I've met some very decent ones and in fact would defend them. This particular one is just being stupid/trying to prove himself....
Practically speaking it was quite the opposite for a while there actually. "Tough on crime," became a political slogan and convictions with higher sentences were desired for many crimes. Recently some states have realized this is stupid, but not all. Turns out if you stuff more people in prison you have to either build more prisons or expand existing ones. That shit is expensive and we are all broke.