During the brief moments I sat at Barnes and Noble to read what great minds
had written to inspire, I came across a book with an eye-catching title, 'Objection' by Nancy Grace. When I began reading the introduction I was heart- felt for Nancy who had lost her fianc' Keith. I totally understood her reasons for pursuing her career as a legal prosecutor. In her book objection, she vehemently expressed her disgust for defense attorneys, stating that their compensatory ways of comprising what they did was their motto 'I'm just doing my job'. Nancy had cited various attorneys of good record who had won high profile cases and gave an epiphany of how they persuade jury's to obscure evidence that will convict the guilty. I, however, pause and ask who is the guilty and who is to say who is guilty?

The title of this article is "Overruled! Nancy Grace lacks evidence", where I am expressing my views about what I read. Prosecutors; are they the good of the law? Is it not stated in the basics of law that it is better to free a guilty man than to convict an innocent man? In the name of doing their job; the federal, state and county prosecutors have charged individuals of crimes, crimes of which they did not commit. Why do I feel that Nancy's claim against defense attorneys is one-sided and shallow because every now and then when I switch on my computer and read the news, I see people who have served twenty plus years in prison are later found not guilty when DNA evidence proves otherwise. Yes, at that time, they must have been the right people in an uncompromising place to prosecute but is this really justice?

Nancy Grace stated that the founding fathers did not have women and minorities in mind when the constitution was drafted but,i fail to acquiesce with her because the same constitution provides the opportunity for fairness in a trial. Working as an intern with the public defender's office, I saw what was palpable: Nancy said how she was unreasonable when negotiating.

What happens to the innocent. No matter how distraught people feel about the job of defense attorneys. There comes a time when that one person who was in an unfortunate position and has all forensic and circumstantial evidence pointing to him or her is really innocent. But the hero, the defense attorney, does his or her job to exonerate his or her client. One great public defender once told me that 'it is not our place to judge these people' and I hold this distinctly true when I claim neither is it the District Attorneys place to judge as well.