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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 22, 2000

Writers Think Ends Justify Means

Dicta: On 'Family Law' By Erin O'Bryan What's a lawyer to do when the cops plant drugs on your client in Rampart-esque style in order to imprison him until he rats out his big brother, whom your client watched commit murder? Then to make matters worse, the conspiracy against your client grows as the prison guards allow him to get beaten, the district attorney won't cut any deals until he talks, and the judge apparently is in on the deal, too.

By Erin O'Bryan
        What's a lawyer to do when the cops plant drugs on your client in Rampart-esque style in order to imprison him until he rats out his big brother, whom your client watched commit murder? Then to make matters worse, the conspiracy against your client grows as the prison guards allow him to get beaten, the district attorney won't cut any deals until he talks, and the ju...

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