You allowed yourself to be fully engaged in the courtroom and were able to put yourself in the defendants shoes. Iām glad that your compassionate nature came through.
I just finished reading Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance couple hours ago. Your courtroom reflections are like a second afterword to that beautiful book, looking even deeper into the existential questions of guilt, justice and the ultimate loving dissolution. Thank you Keith!
Excellent read Keith! I suspect my experience would have born some similarities (your compassion and sadness for the accused and your experience of privelege, having had the thought āBut for the grace of god go Iā before I read it in your post). Thank you for sharing. As a govt worker, I enjoy being called for jury duty and am often bummed not to be selected. I get full pay unlike most. The one time I was selected, it happened to be for a domestic violence case - and I had to recuse myself when an attorney who represented me in an attempt to get a restraining order made permanent showed up and sat w the victims family.
You allowed yourself to be fully engaged in the courtroom and were able to put yourself in the defendants shoes. Iām glad that your compassionate nature came through.
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How beautiful to be reminded of this through your heartfelt words. Thank you, Keith. I'm happy that Erin linked you to us.
I just finished reading Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance couple hours ago. Your courtroom reflections are like a second afterword to that beautiful book, looking even deeper into the existential questions of guilt, justice and the ultimate loving dissolution. Thank you Keith!
Excellent read Keith! I suspect my experience would have born some similarities (your compassion and sadness for the accused and your experience of privelege, having had the thought āBut for the grace of god go Iā before I read it in your post). Thank you for sharing. As a govt worker, I enjoy being called for jury duty and am often bummed not to be selected. I get full pay unlike most. The one time I was selected, it happened to be for a domestic violence case - and I had to recuse myself when an attorney who represented me in an attempt to get a restraining order made permanent showed up and sat w the victims family.