BE OUR GUEST: A LAYMAN'S PORPOSAL FOR ARRIVING AT LEGAL TRUTH IN COURT

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Saturday, August 6, 1994

Most lay people assume that the judicial system in America is dedicated to the search for truth and justice, and that the guiding principle of all attorneys is to abide by legal methods as they seek to determine the irmocence or guilt of the accused. Most lay people also assume that the innocent go free and the guilty are sentenced. A mass of articles and television interviews that have concentrated on the attorneys and their tactics in recent high-profile criminal cases questions these assumptions. They do so by citing evidence that suggests many attorneys seem more and more willing to cut ethical even legal corners in their desire to win the case. If these allegations have merit, maybe the fault lies as much with our adversary system in criminal law as it does with the individuals working within that system.

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