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Originally Posted by 3rdTimesTheCharm
Then I checked my email and learned that I'd lost a case that I'd worked on for 3 years, the last six months of hearings and oral arguments and scads of written pleadings. I care so much about this client and her case, and the constitutional issues that were involved, and the judge just dismissed it. I am heartbroken, and my client will likely spend the rest of her life in prison on an unjust sentence. I have very little faith left in the criminal justice system.
Pleas someone tell me that it will get better, or give me a hug, please.
Anne
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I'm sorry. I'm going through something a little like that advocating for a friend, although the stakes aren't as high as with your client. We'll probably find out the decision in a week or two. I don't have faith in the justice system or interpersonal justice either. I'm trying to remember/believe that whatever the outcome, she knows she's doing the right thing and she knows she's got people who totally believe in her, and she knows how to live better and more honestly than the people who are prosecuting her. Sigh. None of that makes it okay. I guess my friendship with her and with her other supporters is what will make things as okay as they can be if her decision goes the wrong way. I hope you can keep your faith in what you believe in (if not the legal system).