Criminal Trial Attorney Professionalism Trial Lawyer: Hurt Feelings Taking audience with a jury is usually a last resort in any case. But this work consumes many criminal defense lawyers. Trial lawyers die young. Maybe it’s the stress. Maybe it’s the beating our bodies take, because our dietary and physical routines are derailed. Regardless, our lives are left with scars because of the sacrifice. This is especially true of our relationships with other lawyers. Even the most professional and disciplined mind finds itself emotionally latching onto the trial. This is true for defense lawyers pleading for a client or prosecutors making a stand for victims. Especially in the criminal arena, a good trial lawyer must emotionally connect with the story of
Read more →Holding the State to Its Burden of Proof in Trial If you find yourself facing criminal charges for a crime you did not commit, and the State refuses to dismiss the charges, then a jury trial becomes necessary. It is also necessary for you to hire a defense attorney who will hold the State to its burden of proof: Guilt Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt is the highest burden of proof in the American civil and criminal justice systems. But prosecutors like to tell potential jurors that reaching this burden of proof is no big deal; that every day in courtrooms across Texas and the U.S., jurors reach consensus and find defendant’s guilty of all kinds
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