Why do i want to be a lawyer again???

[AngieDoogles]

Originally Posted by NicoleMarcelle

Thanks Angie!!!


Ok, she has pleaded guilty buy it's not remorseful, she regrets having infected the social worker, but not for stabbing her...
her past was rough, abused as a child, taunted in school, etc (i am trying to use that) but her brother (who comes from the same background) went on to great things joining the army, and serving in Iraq...
she says that she loves the kidm but like i said she does drugs around him, so that's a point that is easy for the prosecution to rebutt...
she can't have her kid back per se, he has been adopted by her brother, but she could be around him and i think i could make a point that he can still help her in getting out of what she's into...

here's my problem, the witnesses on my side, their testimony is mostly hearsay, bc the defendant is not present in the court room... so i don't have much to make my case. they can make inferences and opinions based on what the defendant told them in their interviews, but she's lied in a couple of interviews as well...

Maybe you could focus on the fact that she has a brother who is willing to help her beat this addiction? He sounds stable and supportive. Could you use his testimony?

As for the prosecution's rebuttal about doing drugs around the child, maybe you could start out by saying that yes she's made mistakes, but she is trying to improve her life as evidenced by her attempting to get treatment and that she wants to get clean so that she can be a positive influence in her son's life. Maybe not in the immediate future, but after a lot of work and assistance, she could eventually be the mother she's always wanted to be.

I don't know if that angle would work for you or not, but I thought a suggestion couldn't hurt.