1) A Day in the life of a Defense Attorney (POST)

After watching the video for this week (www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgH_h3JKldo), let’s talk about the reality of being a defense attorney. What might be the greatest challenges? What about the greatest rewards? If you were going to become a criminal lawyer, would you want to be a defense attorney? Why or why not? Tell us how you could argue that defense attorneys might be more important compared with prosecutors as related to constitutional rights and protections? 8 sentences min

2) Write a helpful response to the students paragraph, stating how you agree and why followed by your opinion on the topic. keep it positive! 5 Sentences Min

Students Paragraph: A Day in the Life of a Defense Attorney

Being a defense attorney is a strict job that requires an individual to follow a legal code that represents the people instead of their morals. The greatest challenges an attorney must face is the public's image and the clients they must deal with, having their moral code challenged by whom they support. The clients attitude or the attorney’s ethics may result in a challenge for them, prohibited from acting against their ethics or setting a trial for an individual with a careless perspective about their situation. In the other hand, helping people is most likely the most rewarding part of being a defense attorney, getting the approval of people that are grateful that somebody fought for them and represented their case regardless of their act. Also, demonstrating that a person is innocent of a crime that they were being charged, demonstrating a sense of justice for the person and society. Coincidentally, I wish to become an attorney, prosecutor or defense attorney is still undecided, but I would enjoy being a defense attorney because of the satisfaction of helping individual prove their innocence. Defense attorneys are important because they represent the common person in a court from the vastly power of the United States Government, assuring that peoples rights are protected and that they have a chance to justify themselves.

3) Prosecutor vs. Defense Attorney (POST)

What is the ultimate role of the defense attorney in a criminal case? How does it differ from that of a prosecutor? Why is it different? 8 Sentences min

4) Write a helpful response to the students paragraph, stating how you agree and why followed by your opinion on the topic. keep it positive! 5 Sentences Min

Students Paragraph: A criminal defense attorney is specializing in defending people, businesses, or companies charged with criminal activity. “Defense attorneys have a special role in the American justice system. They are officers of the court and must adhere to significant ethical standards.” (Hemmens, p. 190) They must also work in the best interest of their clients, while doing everything in their power to protect the client’s constitutional rights. Defense attorney’s roles are far different from that of prosecutors. Prosecutors are representatives of the state, which defense attorneys work for the criminal/accused. Prosecutors obligation is for truth and justice for citizens and society, which defense attorneys have no such obligations. Prosecutors do not convict those who are innocent, while defense attorneys represent individuals they know to be guilty. “A defense attorney has an ethical obligation to zealously defend a client she or he knows to be guilty.” (Hemmens, pg. 191)