“There is now such a stigma attached to people accused of sexual misconduct that anyone who defends legal principles on their behalf risks being mistaken, in the public mind, for a defender of sexual violence. Lawyers have always been vilified for taking on unpopular clients, but, in the #MeToo era, defense lawyers endanger their good standing even in the most liberal communities, Harvard being only one example.”

Read the article by Jeannie Suk Gerson in the New Yorker.

Posted by rbchatelle on Saturday, March 16th, 2019 @ 9:57AM
Categories: Sex Offender Issues

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