I always hear about rich people hiring expensive lawyers to escape punishments. How do they do that, and what stops more accessible lawyers from achieving the same result?
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The burden is on the prosecution to prove every element of a criminal case beyond a reasonable doubt. That is a very high bar. A good lawyer makes this difficult task even more difficult, by fighting about everything, by conducting extensive investigation to find evidence that pokes small holes in the prosecution’s case, etc… As the prosecution is trying to climb a steep hill, they find the hill getting steeper, with the path covered by tons of obstacles. Suddenly, they’re less sure about whether they’ll be able to carry their burden. So… they offer a deal. “Maybe we’ll prove our case, maybe not… but if we do, your boy is going away for a long time. Maybe we split the difference, and he goes away for a little while on this lesser charge, which we CAN prove, and then he doesn’t have to roll the dice, and we all save a whole lot of money going through the exercises.”
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