I've been watching some old criminal cases & it made me curious, how does a barrister put their feelings & thoughts aside when all the evidence points very directly to their client being guilty but their client says, nope, wasn't me..
I saw one case where there was dna left at the scene, cctv of the defendent, witness statements, credit card & phone record evidence. The barrister must realise their client's on a hiding-to-nothing & yet they must follow the instructions of their client to follow a not-guilty plea. Do you think they think to themselves 'this guy's got no chance' but go through the motions anyway because that's what they're instructed to do?
Shall we reboot our cartoons thread again? 😁