Ethics

I previously posted about the post by Colin Friedersdorf at the Daily Dish, recounting the views of various lawyers about their jobs.  One criminal defense lawyer said this:

When people need my help, my answer is always, ?Yes.  I will help you.?  It doesn?t matter who they are or what they are charged with.  It doesn?t matter if they are guilty or innocent.  It doesn?t matter if this is their first felony or their twentieth felony.  I will help.  Period.



I?m not a Christian in the traditional sense.  But I consider this attitude of service to be in line with Christ, who loved and aided without regard for the past action of the sinners in front of Him. Most of the prosecutors in our town are Southern Baptist, or some variation on that. But if Jesus had lived today, and if He had been a lawyer, He wouldn?t would not be a district attorney, putting people into prison.  Jesus would have been a Public Defender.

Many of our readers may know this, but I thought I'd mention that in the Gospel of John one of the terms for the Holy Spirit is the "paraclete," which can be translated as advocate or counsel for the defense.