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(DIR) Post #ATa3SnsXU5cL6q8p2u by Teri_Kanefield@law-and-politics.online
2023-03-13T18:02:04Z
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Why I became a defense lawyer:Before law school (A few decades ago) I taught English at the college and university level. What I learned from teaching literature was that students had an easy time judging but a hard time being sympathetic.I agreed with John Updike that the purpose of literature is to expand our sympathies. And I'll admit that Atticus Finch and Clarence Darrow were two of my heroes.Prosecution felt easy, like judging.Defense was harder, requiring sympathy.1/
(DIR) Post #ATa3lovpnDnJsTkbMu by Teri_Kanefield@law-and-politics.online
2023-03-13T18:05:31Z
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I also thought the most interesting and important questions were asked in criminal law:What behavior should we criminalize? (Not everything immoral is a crime).When do we use state power to punish people?What purposes are served by punishment and mass incarceration?2/
(DIR) Post #ATa3rd2KvotwitYsU4 by jonberger@sfba.social
2023-03-13T18:06:31Z
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@Teri_Kanefield I was also inspired by Atticus Finch. And I always found it comforting to remind myself that he lost, and never had the slightest chance of winning.
(DIR) Post #ATa4hcP8WlBnow15zE by mgmarkel@universeodon.com
2023-03-13T18:15:43Z
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@Teri_Kanefield These questions were raised in the fine UK Series "Silk" (2011) Main character is a defense barrister from the working class North.
(DIR) Post #ATaAwspYKydqpl2DaK by peatbog@med-mastodon.com
2023-03-13T19:25:55Z
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@Teri_Kanefield There's also the problem of what to do with people after we determine they're bad or did bad things. They're still here. Reconciliation has to be part of the plan. Unless we're all signing up to serve as executioners or jailers.
(DIR) Post #ATaMqB9H21gf4LpQjw by JenniferSlack@mastodon.social
2023-03-13T21:39:09Z
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@Teri_Kanefield Having started in literature, I considered law school, but decided instead on a PhD in communication and cultural studies. My passion was learning why people believed what they did, even when it wasn't in their best interests. How do our values, feelings, beliefs, and practices get embedded in everyday life? And how does change happen? Many years later, I still have so many unanswered questions.
(DIR) Post #ATauQIA7jGypja3Ot6 by mcole@hachyderm.io
2023-03-14T03:55:27Z
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@Teri_Kanefield I love the commentary on literature and it’s goal to makes up more sympathetic, but that is just one outcome of literature. The point of creating a creative piece is to make others think of find an abstraction; sympathy and empathy are just one destination, a critical mind is another the list is boundless. TY for the post and getting me to read and think.
(DIR) Post #ATawwuia7C3UUIr1gO by NailClippings@mastodon.social
2023-03-14T04:23:45Z
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@Teri_Kanefield Even as a non practicing attorney, I’ve always felt exactly the same way. There’s an imbalance in the system. I choose to root for the underdog.
(DIR) Post #ATbNkLtuR8GHn7O54a by dralant@mastodon.social
2023-03-14T09:24:02Z
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@Teri_Kanefield Yes...they know the connect between Arts and empathy, their invisible enemy...that challenges the divisive hostile environment that fuels the Neo-Liberal agenda. Gotta hate, get a gun, fight your corner, damn Unions.Trust us, #foxnews
(DIR) Post #ATdypVMLgUzjJXyBgO by DrAHM@mastodon.online
2023-03-15T15:28:59Z
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@Teri_Kanefield sympathy or empathy? Please share your thoughts.
(DIR) Post #ATdyrSQ5aKsmmBeNoO by Teri_Kanefield@law-and-politics.online
2023-03-15T15:29:21Z
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@DrAHM The quotation from Updike is sympathy.
(DIR) Post #ATdzNv2GjAuynEzHeq by DrAHM@mastodon.online
2023-03-15T15:35:09Z
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@Teri_Kanefield I see.