Someone on one of the listserv's I belong to posted this today. It would be funny if it weren't basically true...

"We, as criminal defense lawyers, are forced to deal with some of the lowest people on earth, people who have no sense of right and wrong, people who will lie in court to get what they want, people who do not care who gets hurt in the process. It is our job - our sworn duty - as criminal defense lawyers, to protect our clients from those people." -Cynthia Rosenberry